9 posts and columns on PC shipments

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Microsoft Execs Warn PC Industry Outlook May Be Worse Than Feared

in News on January 11 at 4:35 pm PT

Microsoft executives warned that industry analysts’ expectations for a 1 percent decline in fourth-quarter personal-computer shipments may be too optimistic, as the aftermath of flooding in Thailand disrupts the supply of a key computer component.

HP Keeps the Ink Flowing

in News on August 19, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Hewlett-Packard: Scattered Patches of Brightness

in News on August 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm PT

Hewlett-Packard posted its quarterly financials Tuesday afternoon and they were slightly better than expected, driven by a two percent increase in PC shipments. Quarterly profit fell 19 percent to $1.64 billion, or 67 cents a share, on revenue of $27.45 billion. But excluding one-time items, HP earned $2.2 billion, or 91 cents a share, a penny better than analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had forecast. And the company seems confident of its performance going forward.
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World-Wide PC Shipments to Improve, No Thanks to Windows 7

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

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.
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Market to HP: DISAPPOINTED

in News on February 18, 2009 at 2:24 pm PT

With the Dow near its lowest point in a decade and global PC shipments down for the first time since 2002, according to market research firm IDC, Hewlett-Packard reported fiscal first-quarter earnings today, and though they met Wall Street’s expectations, they were clearly not what the market had been hoping for.

People Afraid of Losing Their Jobs Buy Fewer PCs

in News on January 15, 2009 at 10:30 am PT

According to market-research outfits Gartner and IDC, PC shipment growth in the fourth quarter of 2008 was the worst since 2002. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker shows global PC shipments down 0.4 percent year over year. So much for that annual holiday season uptick.

'Course, According to Hollywood, Apple's Market Share Is More Like 90 Percent

in News on July 18, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

“Because they’re the super-small-market share guy, they get all these statements about them.” Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said that of Apple back in 2005. And while it’s essentially still true today, it’s less so than it has been in years past. In separate reports today, research houses Gartner and IDC both note that Apple has climbed to third place in the desktop market in the states.

‘Course, According to Hollywood, Apple’s Market Share Is More Like 90 Percent

in News on July 18, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

“Because they’re the super-small-market share guy, they get all these statements about them.” Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said that of Apple back in 2005. And while it’s essentially still true today, it’s less so than it has been in years past. In separate reports today, research houses Gartner and IDC both note that Apple has climbed to third place in the desktop market in the states.