The marketing firm Gartner has revised down sharply, Thursday, March 3, its outlook for the global PC market this year due to a slowdown in China but also the growing attraction of alternative devices such as tablets. While Gartner had put forward a growth forecast of 15.9% this year, he expects more than 10.5%.
Next year, growth would be 13.6% instead of 14.8% so far anticipated. "These results [are] based on expectations of lower demand for laptops, largely because of the near-term weakness expected in the Chinese market for laptops, but also due to a general loss of consumer enthusiasm, "said a research director at Gartner, said Ranjit Atwal, in a statement.
Disillusionment with laptops and netbooks weigh more heavily than those handy devices for the past five years were the locomotive of the PC market, "with annual growth rates approaching 40%." PC MARKET DEMAND SUPPORTED BY PROFESSIONAL "We thought that once the growth of laptops continue to be supported by consumers who buy a second or third PC as staff," said another Gartner analyst, Raphael Vasquez .
In the short term, the market should support the professional computer market, with rates of double-digit growth in 2011 and 2012, but "even in the professional market shelves multimedia are considered as alternatives to the PC, probably leading to less carryover turnover of PC, "said Mr.
Vasquez yet. According to forecasts of firm PRTM, the number of tablets sold in Tech Buzz News grow from 17 million in 2010 to about $ 200 million in 2014. 
Next year, growth would be 13.6% instead of 14.8% so far anticipated. "These results [are] based on expectations of lower demand for laptops, largely because of the near-term weakness expected in the Chinese market for laptops, but also due to a general loss of consumer enthusiasm, "said a research director at Gartner, said Ranjit Atwal, in a statement.
Disillusionment with laptops and netbooks weigh more heavily than those handy devices for the past five years were the locomotive of the PC market, "with annual growth rates approaching 40%." PC MARKET DEMAND SUPPORTED BY PROFESSIONAL "We thought that once the growth of laptops continue to be supported by consumers who buy a second or third PC as staff," said another Gartner analyst, Raphael Vasquez .
In the short term, the market should support the professional computer market, with rates of double-digit growth in 2011 and 2012, but "even in the professional market shelves multimedia are considered as alternatives to the PC, probably leading to less carryover turnover of PC, "said Mr.
Vasquez yet. According to forecasts of firm PRTM, the number of tablets sold in Tech Buzz News grow from 17 million in 2010 to about $ 200 million in 2014.
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