Netbooks still play ‘BIG role’ in the computing market
In this tough times in the economy, one would always think that buying computers is not a good idea. According to International Data Center (IDC), the latest market figure on worldwide PC shipments slides more than 8 percent in the first half of 2009. But despite of that, the market research and analyst firm sees that the downfall will not get worse than the 2001 recession.
I’m not very much acquainted on those figures but I would strongly think that LITTLE netbooks play a BIGGER role in the market today. They’ve been the hottest selling items in PC stores for two years already and while iSuppli expects netbook worldwide shipments to grow up to 68.5 percent this year, it also forecasted to roll down to 13 percent by 2013 when the economy gets back to its better state. Gartner on the other hand cites that while netbook shipment will go up to 50 percent, overall computer sale will still likely decline.
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