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UK PC market grows as Western Europe declines

...decline seen in 2011. The US company's UK-based research director Ranjit Atwal said the desktop PC market did best with a rise of... Read more

11 May, 2012

PC shipments fell by 16 percent in Europe - Gartner

...over 30 percent of the U.K.'s total mobile PC market)". Ranjit Atwal, a research director at Gartner in the UK, said: "PC vendors... Read more

8 February, 2012

European PC market slumps 11 percent, says Gartner

...increased shipments by 21.8 percent. Gartner's UK-based research director Ranjit Atwal argued that "more importantly, quarter-on-quarter, all vendors saw growth... Read more

14 November, 2011

HP not dead as global PC sales grow by 3+ percent

...26.6 million units: the third consecutive quarterly decline. Gartner research director Ranjit Atwal said: "Most of the decline resulted from the continued poor performance... Read more

17 October, 2011

PC market growth lower than expected, says Gartner

...percent "as some 3 million mobile PCs were cleared out of distribution". Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner, said: "If we remove Acer, the EMEA... Read more

15 July, 2011

European PC sales plunged in Q1, says Gartner

...this case, Apple displaced Samsung from the Top 5. Gartner research director Ranjit Atwal said: "The consumer market declined nearly 25 percent in the first... Read more

18 May, 2011

PC sales fell in Q1 as tablets trumped netbooks

Both the major PC research companies, IDC and Gartner, have reported a decline in PC sales during this year's first... Read more

15 April, 2011

Government aims to close digital gap with £98 PCs

...500 while the average price for a desktop is £380, according to Ranjit Atwal, research director of Gartner's client computing team. Hardware optionsThe PC... Read more

18 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

Gartner cuts PC sales forecasts as tablets take off

...15.9%, which represents 409m units -- more than a million a day. Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner, said in a statement: "These results reflect... Read more

29 November, 2010

While PC shipments will grow to a million per day, netbooks are in decline

...time PC shipments have averaged a million per day. Gartner research director Ranjit Atwal said in a statement: "Consumers buoyed the PC market in 2009... Read more

31 August, 2010

Time's Tiny takeover signals high street battle

...stores will offer PCs, portables computers and gadgets and gaming consoles," explained Ranjit Atwal, analyst at Gartner Dataquest. "Dixons and PC World are the only... Read more

31 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Businesses hold off on mobile PC purchases

...to hold back budgets as long as they can," Gartner principal analyst Ranjit Atwal told ZDNet UK. However, Gartner expects to see a turnaround in... Read more

26 May, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Nokia enters PC business with Booklet 3G netbook

...Linux-based Moblin netbook operating system, among other things. Gartner principal analyst Ranjit Atwal said on Monday that the Booklet 3G would be notable for... Read more

24 August, 2009 by David Meyer

Developers get their hands on Windows 7

...in UK sales of business PCs in the second quarter, Gartner analyst Ranjit Atwal said on Thursday. He said some businesses have held back from... Read more

7 August, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

Gartner: Business PC sales fall by 25pc

...platforms, with a quarter of the [professional] market disappearing," Gartner principal analyst Ranjit Atwal said in a statement. Atwal told ZDNet UK that the major... Read more

6 August, 2009 by David Meyer

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