Information Technology News Fourth Quarter of 2008 saw PC sales grind to halt worldwide, US crashes | Fourth Quarter of 2008 saw PC sales grind to halt worldwide, US crashes |
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| by Stan Beer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday, 15 January 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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showed strong growth in Asia/Pacific, but it struggled to increase
shipment volume in North America and EMEA in the fourth quarter of
2008. Acer continued to show exceptional growth with worldwide PC
shipments growing 31.1% in the fourth quarter of 2008. Acer’s sales
were driven by low priced PCs such as mini-notebooks. Lenovo maintained
the fourth position in the worldwide market in the fourth quarter, but
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“The fourth quarter started out with a relatively optimistic view, but then it got worse every month,” Ms. Kitagawa said. “In the fourth quarter, U.S. businesses quickly cut IT spending with public sectors, including some government and education buyers, postponed PC procurement due to budget crisis concerns. PC vendors focused on the professional market were especially hit by the weakening market conditions. Overall, consumer mobile PC shipments showed strength, but the shipment growth was boosted by steep ASP declines which were further accelerated by the popularity of mini-notebooks.” Preliminary United States PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q08 (Thousands of Units)
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