Growth in PC sales should remain strong over the next year due to many factors, including low prices, the influence of emerging markets worldwide, and continuously growing demand for portable computers, according to research released this week by IDC.

Although IDC foresees a gradual decline in the overall growth rate of PC sales over the next few years, the study represents a fairly significant revision to a weaker forecast released by the firm in March.

IDC's most recent study predicts that PC shipments will grow worldwide by 11.4 percent in 2005, to 199.2 million, and by 9 percent to 217 million in 2006, whereas the March report predicted worldwide growth of just 9.7 percent for 2005 and 8.6 percent for 2006.

The study shows PC shipments in markets such as Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa will continue to grow by over 20 percent.

By: DocMemory
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