World PC Sales Set for Massive Decline

Tue, Mar 3rd, 2009

The world PC market is set for its sharpest unit decline in history this year, with the current financial uncertainty encouraging customers to hold on to PCs for longer, according to Gartner.

The research firm said PC shipments will hit 257 million units in 2009, an 11.9 percent drop since last year. The drop will be nearly four times that experienced in 2001, when PC shipments fell by 3.2 percent.

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