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Worldwide PC shipments to grow in 2009, Gartner says Worldwide personal-computer shipments will increase more than expected this year on accelerating demand for laptops, research firm Gartner Inc. said Tuesday. Shipments will rise 2.8 percent to 298.9 million units in 2009, Gartner said Tuesday in a statement. In September, the company projected a 2 percent decline for the year. Personal- computer makers will ship 336.6 million units in 2010, an increase of 13 percent, Gartner said. 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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