Posts Tagged ‘PC’

It is not just the iPad anymore. Gartner now believes that an economy in trouble will further impact PC shipment growth in 2011 and shrink from an original 18.1% growth estimate to just 3.8%. And even that may be an optimistic prediction.

HP announced a “non-computer” about five months ago, a story which was only reported by The Onion. As funny as the publication’s stories are, this one was spot on.

Gartner and IDC just released the latest Global PC shipment estimates. Both market research firms concluded that PC shipments contracted apparently due to shrinking netbook sales, which appeared to especially affect Acer. Is the iPad to blame?

Commodore USA has begun taking preorders for a new version of the 1980s-era Commodore C64.  For $600, you can sign up to be part of the club.

Depending on your point of view, you could make a case for both claims. I stumbled over a desktop PC at the local Walmart which made me think where Dell and all those component manufacturers are hiding their margins.

Intel is preparing the rollout of its Sandy Bridge processors over the next few days at CES 2011 and we are seeing reignited enthusiasm at boutique PC makers to make the processor much more interesting again. Those who can spend more than $5000 on a PC should be able to pick up stunning desktop and notebook systems.

Gartner has downgraded its PC shipment forecast by almost 2 points to 15.3% for the second half 2010. The market research firm is predicting a notable slowdown especially in that period and says that it will be challenging for businesses to delay new PC purchases any further.

Both Gartner and IDC said that the global PC market showed strong growth in the second quarter of this year with Gartner estimating the pace at 20.7% and IDC at 22.4%. said 82.9 million PCs were sold, while IDC put the number at 81.5 million.

The other day, I was looking at a series of current technology trends and it is obvious that we will have to soon say goodbye to several products we are used to today. There are new products that picks up the function and the class simply goes away (much like many of us use the cellphone now as an alarm clock.)  Last decade, PDAs, which entered the decade very strongly, faded away.  Personal CD and tape players died, tube TVs are gone, and we lost hard drive based MP3 players (like the original iPod).