Friday, March 14, 2003
The long awaited growth for PCs in 2003 could be weaker than expected mainly due to declines in spending by the public sector, according to IDC research firm.
PC shipment estimates for 2003 have declined during the past three months, the firm said in the quarterly report. Growth in consumer and corporate sectors has also moderated due to economic uncertainty.
Worldwide PC shipments will increase 6.9 percent this year to 145.6 million, lower than December's estimates of an increase of 8.3 percent and shipments of 147.5 million, IDC said.
Although worldwide growth is still expected to be better than the 1.6 percent increase in shipments last year. But volume doesn't mean everything. The dollar value of PC shipments, which declined 9.8 percent in 2002, is expected to fall another 1.8 percent in 2003, the company said. That is not a very good news to PC makers.
By: DocMemory
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