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Gartner Says In the Fourth Quarter of 2008 the PC Industry Suffered Its Worst Shipment Growth Rate Since 2002
STAMFORD, Conn.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--In the fourth quarter of 2008, the worldwide PC industry suffered its worst growth rate since 2002 as worldwide shipments totaled 78.1 million units, a 1.1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. “The ...
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Apple's share of US PC market slips to 8% at hands of Acer
appleinsider.com — Apple's share of the US computer market fell to 8 percent during the fourth calendar quarter of... 2008 from 9.5 percent in the third as the Mac maker surrendered its third place ranking to surging netbook maker Acer, according to market research firm ... (more) Apple's share of US PC market slips to 8% at hands of Acer
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Apple: Is the glass half full or half empty?
Hardware 2.0 — January 15th, 2009 Apple: Is the glass half full or half empty? Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 2:32 pm Categories: Apple Tags: Apple Inc. , Sales Strategy , Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs , Sales Force Management , Investment , Sales , Hardware , Finance , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Depending on how you crunch today’s data by Gartner , either Apple has managed to grab an additional 8% market share of the PC sold during Q4 ‘08 compared to the same period during ‘07, or it has lost 23% market share compared to Q3 ‘08. Is the Apple glass half full or half empty? On the one hand, Apple is ...

Worldwide PC Growth Has Worst Growth Rate Since 2002, Says Gartner
Gearlog — ... Tech research company Gartner said Wednesday that during the fourth quarter of 2008, the worldwide PC industry suffered its slowest growth rate since 2002. Gartner reported that worldwide shipments of PCs totaled 78.1 million units, which was just a 1.1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2007. ...

Gartner: PC sales revenue is down, but netbook sales are up
Liliputing — Research firm Gartner says PC shipments were up about 1% during the 4th quarter of 2008. But revenue from computer sales was down by as much as 20%. According to Computer World, that’s because low cost netbooks are cannibalizing sales of more expensive computers.  But I’m not sure that’s the only conclusion that can be drawn from these numbers. I have no doubt that many people looked at the economy, looked at their pocketbooks, and looked at their computing needs and decided to spend $400 on a netbook instead of $800 to $2000 on a fuller featured laptop or desktop PC. But I think there are also probably lot of ...

Netbooks swallowing notebook market whole
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... as well as robust growth of low-priced systems, including mini-notebooks, contributed to this drop. This is why certain branches of Intel are getting antsy about the segment: it likes selling Atoms, but it likes selling Core 2 Duos much, much more. "Mini-notebook," by the way, is the new phrase analysts and Intel competitors are using to avoid "netbook," which is loaded with Intel Atom associations and an unresolved trademark issue with Psion. [BusinessWire]

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