FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) – The research firm IDC said Thursday that worldwide personal computer shipments fell 1.9 percent during the fourth quarter and projected an 8 percent drop in the first half of the year.
IDC noted the decline comes after “five years of almost uninterrupted double-digit growth,” a sign of how high a toll the recession is taking on the technology industry.
The forecast dovetails with Gartner Inc.’s estimate this week that PC unit sales are likely to tumble 11.9 percent to 257 million this year.
IDC doesn’t expect the downturn to be as bad for PC makers as the dot-com bubble of 2001, however.
“To be sure, the PC market is in for a bumpy ride,” Loren Loverde, an IDC director, said in a statement. “Nevertheless, there are a number of reasons why the PC market will not fare dramatically worse in the current environment than it did in the 2001 recession _ even if the current economic environment is notably worse.”
The firm noted that PCs are more critical for more people and cost significantly less than at the beginning of the decade. IDC said a typical PC costs roughly half what it did in 2000 and prices are still falling.
More computer buyers are also buying laptops today, which need to be replaced more often, IDC said.
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International Equal Pay Day
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against serious violations of protocols of
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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