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PC shipments beat expectations
News In November 2004, IDC predicted that PC shipments would increase by 9.4 percent this year. In the third quarter, PC shipments in the United States grew by 11 percent, according to IDC. Chinese-US company saw shipments rise by 13.1 percent — taking...
[October 18, 2005, 17:05]
HP strides ahead of Dell in PC shipments
News HP, the world's number-one PC maker, saw PC shipments rise 28.2 percent in the first quarter, compared with the same period a year ago — a boost that lifted its market share from 16.5 percent worldwide to 19.1 percent, according to IDC.
[April 19, 2007, 12:57]
Dell gains as PC shipments fall
News Gartner figures show a sequential improvement in worldwide PC shipments at the end of the year, from 30.41 million units in the third quarter to 34.86 million in the fourth quarter. Computer shipments have declined for the second time in the...
[January 18, 2002, 10:35]
Acer sails past Dell in PC shipments
News CNET News has the full Acer overtakes Dell in PC shipments story. Acer has become the number-two producer of PCs in the world for the first time, with 14 percent of PCs shipped, according to IDC's PC tracker report.
[October 15, 2009, 9:42]
Tablet PC shipments fizzle out
News The nascent tablet PC market is underperforming even the most conservative expectations, according to a report published late on Tuesday, with shipments in the second quarter of this year 23 percent lower than in the first quarter even though more...
[July 30, 2003, 12:45]
European PC shipments fall below forecasts
News Europe's PC shipments for the end of last year were expected to be poor, in light of profit warnings by several global PC and microprocessor manufacturers, and new research has confirmed it: the market grew only 5.3 percent year-on-year in the...
[January 23, 2001, 12:55]
Tablet PC shipments fizzle out
Talkback They can improve the tablets as much as they want, but the underlying problem is that this market does not exist. Gadjeteers may find them interesting, but these tablets cannot compete with PDAs for the PDA market, which itself is not growing.
[July 31, 2003, 7:29]
Second-hand PC shipments tipped to boom
Talkback No software license fees to pay in the first place on a GNU/Linux machine. All nice and legal, thanks to the GPL.
[September 28, 2005, 17:26]
Tablet PC shipments fizzle out
Talkback I was initially enthused by the Tablet PC, but have still not bought one. However, my reasons are fairly simple: cost, weight, lifespan, resolution and operations. Problem one: price. While a case could be made as to why convertable Tablets like...
[July 30, 2003, 18:13]
Tablet PC shipments fizzle out
Talkback I really love the idea of tablet PCs, but they're way to expensive and I've been reading about various software glitches with servers. If you're going to splash out on something that's more expensive than a laptop, you expect it to work beautifully.
[July 31, 2003, 10:27]
PC shipments hit by consumer slump
News An increased demand for notebook computers was one of the few bright spots for the European PC business for the first quarter, which featured sluggish purchasing from corporations and a steep drop in consumer demand following the commencement of...
[April 17, 2003, 13:55]
Coppermine bug stops PC shipments
News An erratum or glitch in Intel's desktop Pentium III "Coppermine" processors, which have been shipping since October 25, can cause a PC to not boot every time its power button is pressed. The erratum, which could crop up at any point, could cause a...
[December 2, 1999, 8:48]
Second-hand PC shipments tipped to boom
News Gartner estimates that for every two new PCs shipped to mature markets in 2005, one PC will be resold into developing markets. Back in February, Computer Aid shipped its 40,000th PC. Demand for second-hand PCs is soaring in parts of the developing...
[September 28, 2005, 15:00]
Small PC makers lose out as shipments surge
News Gartner's estimates for PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the second quarter of this year, released on Wednesday, show the market had grown by 13 percent compared with the same quarter in 2002, boosted by better-than...
[July 17, 2003, 9:01]
IDC: PC market on the comeback trail
News Shipments of desktops, notebooks and servers based around PC architectures will rise 8.3 percent in 2003 to 147.5 million units, then rise 11 percent to 163.8 million units in 2004, according to IDC. PC shipments will increase in 2002, but only...
[December 6, 2002, 10:18]
Bumper year for PC sales
News Gartner has adjusted its previous forecasts to show that unit shipments in the PC market will grow from 148.1 million units in 2002 to 161.3 million in 2003 -- a new watermark for the industry, said Kiyomi Yamada, a Gartner analyst.
[August 15, 2003, 12:10]
Worldwide PC revenue remains flat
News In the US, PC shipments increased by only 1.2 percent for the year and actually decreased by 3.2 percent during the fourth quarter. PC shipments will go up by 9.9 percent, Gartner predicts, but revenue will only climb to $201.3bn.
[January 18, 2007, 8:58]
Consumers spur notebook boom
News The portable PCs are expected to make up nearly half of all PC shipments in the US and almost 40 percent of PC shipments worldwide by 2007, according to the latest forecast by market researcher IDC. Showing their popularity in the United States...
[January 12, 2004, 10:05]
Gartner: Better-than-expected demand for PCs
News According to the latest forecast issued from market research firm Gartner, PC shipments should reach 285 million units by the end of the year. Mobile PC shipments have regained substantial momentum — especially in emerging markets — and the decline...
[September 24, 2009, 11:18]
Europe claims top PC sales spot
News PC shipments to the Europe, the Middle East and Africa came to 72.6 million in 2005, or 33.2 percent of the total shipped during the year, according to research firm Gartner. This marked the first time that Europe saw more PC shipments than the US...
[January 19, 2006, 8:30]
