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Thursday, December 09, 2004

IDC releases new PC industry growth figures

According to an Associated Press article regurgitated in the Boston Globe this morning, IDC says that PC growth this year will be 14.5 percent, higher than I reported yesterday.

IDC yesterday forecast worldwide PC shipments will grow by 10.1 percent to 195.1 million [in 2005], compared with expected growth of 14.5 percent this year and 177.2 million units shipped. The growth rate was 11.9 percent in 2003 and 1.9 percent in 2002.

The Framingham research firm said its 2005 forecast is buoyed by strong third-quarter results and continued PC demand in the commercial sector, which is expected to post 11.3 percent growth in PC shipments next year, compared with consumer growth rates of 8 percent worldwide and just 5.1 percent in the United States.

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