Worldwide PC shipments to grow in 2009, Gartner says

The company predicts “a modest bump” in consumer demand this quarter as vendors promote Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 operating system. Laptop PC shipments got a “significant boost from mini-notebooks,” the company said.

The third quarter was “much stronger than we expected, and that alone virtually guaranteed we would see positive growth this year,” Gartner said.

The value of PC shipments will probably drop 10.7 percent to US$217 billion this year because of “unprecedented declines” in average selling prices, Gartner said.

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