2 posts and columns on Loren Loverde

PC Sales Weakened in Q4–Everyone Blame the iPad

in Enterprise on January 12, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

PC sales were weaker than expected in the fourth quarter. Might it have a little something do with the iPad? Yes.

2009 PC Sales Likely Lousy

in News on February 9, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

It’s nothing we don’t already know: Undermined by the worst recession in 50 years, PC sales are slowing. Drastically. There will be no double-digit sales gains in 2009. The six consecutive years of rising PC shipments we’ve seen will not be followed by a seventh. Instead, they’re likely to be followed by a decline–the first since 2001.