Global sales of computers in the first quarter declined for the first time in a year and a half, said Gartner Thursday, April 14. According to the study of technology analyst firm, 84.3 million PCs were sold between January and March, up 1.1% from the first quarter of 2010. The firm IDC reported competing for its share of a fall of 3.2% over the same period, to 80.6 million units.
"We had planned a very slow market, but we do not expect numbers too bad," commented analyst Meike Escherich, interviewed by Agence France-Presse. While the economic situation has seriously eroded the purchasing power, "consumers are reluctant to spend money for the PC," she said. "The problem is that there are many competing products for PCs that try to capture the expenses they are willing to do," she said, citing video games, 3D television screens, and especially touch pads.
"Many people have decided not to replace their computer and buy a tablet, or wait for the cheaper tablets are launched on the market or the arrival of a new generation of iPad ' Apple, "says the analyst. But the shelf does not mean the end of the PC, however, warns Stephen Krawczyk, IDC.
"The shelves will arrive as a second or even third team, after the PC and the smartphone," said he. ACER strong sanctions The U.S. manufacturer Hewlett Packard is the first PC manufacturer in the world, with 17.6% market share, down 3.4 points from a year ago, Gartner said. The group taiwainais Acer (12.9%), which manufactures many laptops at affordable prices, is sanctioned strongly, recording a decline in its market share of 12.2%.
Manufacturers active enough in equipment for companies such as Dell or Lenovo, shoot them a little better ahead of the game computer sales to businesses have indeed registered a "stable growth", according to Gartner, linked to the replacement cycle underway. "Without growth in the professional sector, the PC market could experience one of the worst declines in recent history," the firm.
IDC notes, he, contrasting trends in different regions of the world. Particularly in Asia, growth in the sector, if it rises to 5.6% is less than expected. "China failed to reach double-digit growth" this quarter, says IDC. 
"We had planned a very slow market, but we do not expect numbers too bad," commented analyst Meike Escherich, interviewed by Agence France-Presse. While the economic situation has seriously eroded the purchasing power, "consumers are reluctant to spend money for the PC," she said. "The problem is that there are many competing products for PCs that try to capture the expenses they are willing to do," she said, citing video games, 3D television screens, and especially touch pads.
"Many people have decided not to replace their computer and buy a tablet, or wait for the cheaper tablets are launched on the market or the arrival of a new generation of iPad ' Apple, "says the analyst. But the shelf does not mean the end of the PC, however, warns Stephen Krawczyk, IDC.
"The shelves will arrive as a second or even third team, after the PC and the smartphone," said he. ACER strong sanctions The U.S. manufacturer Hewlett Packard is the first PC manufacturer in the world, with 17.6% market share, down 3.4 points from a year ago, Gartner said. The group taiwainais Acer (12.9%), which manufactures many laptops at affordable prices, is sanctioned strongly, recording a decline in its market share of 12.2%.
Manufacturers active enough in equipment for companies such as Dell or Lenovo, shoot them a little better ahead of the game computer sales to businesses have indeed registered a "stable growth", according to Gartner, linked to the replacement cycle underway. "Without growth in the professional sector, the PC market could experience one of the worst declines in recent history," the firm.
IDC notes, he, contrasting trends in different regions of the world. Particularly in Asia, growth in the sector, if it rises to 5.6% is less than expected. "China failed to reach double-digit growth" this quarter, says IDC.
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