PC shipments to sink record 12 percent in 2009: Gartner
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PC shipments will fall 11.9 percent in 2009, their sharpest fall ever, with sales in emerging markets contracting for the first time, research firm Gartner said on Monday.
“The PC industry is facing extraordinary conditions as the global economy continues to weaken, users stretch PC lifetimes and PC suppliers grow increasingly cautious,” said George Shiffler, research director at Gartner. Gartner said it expected PC sales to fall 11.9 percent in 2009 to 257 million computers, with sales of desktops falling 32 percent from last year and sales of laptops rising 9 percent. The PC market’s previous sharpest fall was a 3.2-percent drop in 2001.
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