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Information Technology News Aussie PC market picks up steam for 09 recovery
Information Technology News Aussie PC market picks up steam for 09 recovery | Aussie PC market picks up steam for 09 recovery |
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| by James Riley | |
| Thursday, 16 July 2009 | |
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IDC Australia PC analyst Felipe Rego told iTWire the strength of the second quarter, which included surprising strong consumer sales, had put the Australian market on target to meet IDC’s forecast for modest year-on-year growth in 2009 of 1 per cent over last year. The signs are modest, but encouraging, Rego said. “We have seen a strong second quarter, and the Australian market has been very positive,” Rego told iTWire. While year-on-year PC sales remained in negative territory, “sequentially we’re looking at 7 per cent growth from Q1 to Q2. And that is very positive, and sets up a strong second half.” After the global shock of the first quarter, IDC says worldwide PC shipments had stabilised. While global shipments were down 3.1 per cent in the period compared to the year-ago quarter, the performance was better than expected (with IDC havig predicted a 6.3 per cent slump.) All regions either met expectations or surpassed them, helped substantially by the evolution of the global PC market toward smaller, more personal Internet oriented portable machines, a market segment that has been a lifeline for sales across the world. CONTINUED Page 2 |
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