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tgdaily.com - 12/4/2008
PC market growth expected to slow to a crawl in 2009
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IDC updated its PC market forecast and there were few surprises and if you have been following the industry and the general economic drama of recent weeks you already know the bottom line. The full impact of the credit crunch, downsizings and trimmed corporate and consumer spending will show its ...

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PR News::  Notebooks and Netbooks will grow through economic downturn

displaysearch.com - 12/8/2008
Strong Mini-Note (Netbook) Shipments Buoy Notebook PC Market in Q3’08; Tier One Product Launches ...
— displaysearch.com — Strong Mini-Note (Netbook) Shipments Buoy Notebook PC Market in Q3’08; Tier One Product Launches Propel Growth Sort Date: 12082008 AUSTIN, TEXAS, December 8, 2008 —Despite what is looking to be a rather dismal fourth quarter for the PC industry as a ... (more) Strong Mini-Note (Netbook) Shipments Buoy Notebook PC ...

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microsoft.com - 12/1/2008
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secunia.com - 12/3/2008
1.91% of all PCs are fully patched!
— secunia.com — Do you know how many PCs have 1 or more insecure programs installed? (more) 1.91% of all PCs are fully patched!

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Notebooks and Netbooks will grow through economic downturn
PR News: — ... have still been seeing some very strong sales over recent years, and those sales will continue to grow through the economic downturn. This segment will grow in the U.S. by 15.6 percent for 2008, 6.7 percent in 2009 and 10.7 percent in 2010. IDC reckon that the growth will be even stronger internationally, 31.5 percent for 2008, 15.2 percent in 2009 and 19.5 percent by 2010. IDC forecast that notebooks and netbooks will sell twice as many units as PC’s and servers. Read the full article

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