19
Jun
2007
HardwareZone: Demand for mobile computers will help global PC shipments to rise 12.2% in 2007 to 256.7 million, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
The figures reflect a 28% year-on-year increase in portable PC shipments, up from 25% over the previous three quarters.
Desktop shipments also beat expectations for the first quarter, raising the short-term outlook.
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13
Jun
2007
Smarthouse News: PC sales are only set to grow, with analysts predicting that by the end of 2008, there will be more than one billion personal computers in use worldwide, and over two billion in use by 2015.
According to a new report by Forrester Research, while it has taken us 27 years to reach the one billion PC mark, it will take only five years to reach the next billion due to advancing technology, lower prices, and global demand on the part of a technology-aware population.
The emerging markets of Brazil, Russia India and China will account for more than 775 million new PCs by 2015, Forrester predicts.
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25
May
2007
TWICE: Dell has opened up distribution to Wal-Mart Stores in a dramatic expansion of its retail strategy.
Beginning June 10, over 3,000 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico will carry up to two Dimension desktop SKUs.
The multi-media models are being built exclusively for Wal-Mart, and will be sold in brick-and-mortar stores only in package bundles for under $700 (around €520).
Wal-Mart will be the third retailer in the States to sell Dell products, following Costco and QVC.
None of the Dell models will be available online, the Wal-Mart spokesperson said, and no other changes have been made in Wal-Mart’s current PC assortment, which includes desktops and notebooks from Acer, eMachine, HP and Toshiba.