PC sales

NPD: Don't Blame iPad for Slowing PC Sales

John Paczkowski in News on May 12, 2011 at 11:12 am PT

So those claims that Apple’s iPad is cannibalizing PC sales? Crazy talk, says NPD, which argues the device hasn’t materially affected consumer PC sales much at all.

Apple: Sorry About That Whole Shrinking PC Market Thing; Well, Not Really

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 14, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

The personal computer market is shrinking. Shrinking! Is Apple’s iPad to blame? Of course it is.

HP Beats…and Misses

John Paczkowski in News on February 22, 2011 at 1:22 pm PT

Hewlett-Packard’s first full quarter under CEO Leo Apotheker was a strong one. Sadly, the same cannot be said of its guidance for the current quarter.

Intel Beats Earnings Expectations Despite Slower PC Market

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 13, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT

Earnings were up a record 48 percent, while PC revenues were flat and data center sales grew.

More PCs Peddled as Upgrade Cycle Gets Rolling

John Paczkowski in News on July 15, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

The enterprise PC upgrade cycle is clearly kicking into gear. Global shipments of personal computers spiked in the second quarter thanks to an upswing in enterprise sales. This according to research outfit IDC, which says total worldwide PC shipments in the second quarter were 81.5 million–up 22.4 percent from the same period in 2009.

What Downturn? Worldwide PC Shipments Soar in Q4.

John Paczkowski in News on January 14, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

The final quarter of 2009 was the year’s strongest for PC sales. According to IDC, the number of PCs shipped in the October-December quarter rose 15.2 percent from a year earlier. And according to Gartner, it rose 22.1 percent–the strongest quarter-over-quarter growth the market has experienced in the last seven years.

Latest PC Shipment Forecast Considerably Less Hysterical Than Predecessors

John Paczkowski in News on November 24, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

So that 11.9 percent decline in PC shipments that was supposed to occur this year? Not gonna happen, says Gartner. Neither is the two percent decline the research outfit projected in September. Nope. Turns out that 2009 PC shipments, which were once thought to be headed for certain disaster, aren’t going to decline at all. They’re going to grow.

2009 PC Sales: The PC Stands for Pretty Crappy

John Paczkowski in News on July 15, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

The global PC market will suffer a rare decline this year with shipments expected to slip four percent to 287.3 million units in 2009, from 299.2 million in 2008. Not since the dot-com bust of 2001 have PC sales been so slow or their outlook so grim, says iSuppli, the research outfit charting the market’s collapse.

World-Wide PC Shipments to Improve, No Thanks to Windows 7

John Paczkowski in News on June 25, 2009 at 3:47 pm PT

World-wide PC shipments will be lousy in 2009, but not quite as lousy as previously thought. Gartner says they’ll fall six percent for the year, which is an improvement over the 6.6 percent drop it forecast last month and the 9.2 percent decline it projected back in March.

World-Wide PC Shipments to Improve, No Thanks to Windows 7

John Paczkowski in News on June 25, 2009 at 3:47 pm PT

World-wide PC shipments will be lousy in 2009, but not quite as lousy as previously thought. Gartner says they’ll fall six percent for the year, which is an improvement over the 6.6 percent drop it forecast last month and the 9.2 percent decline it projected back in March.