PC Market Continues To Resist Economic Pressures With A Boost From Low Cost Portable PCs, According to IDC
Despite continuing economic concerns in both mature and emerging regions, recent shipment volume and increasing competition in the rapidly growing low end of the Portables market are expected to drive solid growth for the next few years, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Worldwide PC shipments are projected to grow by 15.7% in 2008 to reach 311 million units. Growth will remain in double-digits through 2011, with growth above 9% in 2012, boosting annual shipments to over 482 million in 2012.
