Personal computer shipments this year and next will grow by double digits, but that won’t translate into the big revenue gains for PC makers, according to a preliminary forecast released yesterday by Gartner, of Stamford, Conn. Compared on a year-to-year basis, Gartner predicted worldwide PC shipments would increase 12.7 percent in 2005, to 206.6 million units, and 10.5 percent in 2006. On the other hand, the forecasters predicted that revenues from those shipments would grow a paltry 0.5 percent this year, to US$202.7 billion.
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Forecaster Predicts Double-Digit Growth, Flat Revenues for PCs
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. August 23, 2005 07:55 AMPersonal computer shipments this year and next will grow by double digits, but that won’t translate into the big revenue gains for PC makers, according to a preliminary forecast released yesterday by Gartner, of Stamford, Conn. Compared on a year-to-year basis, Gartner predicted worldwide PC shipments would increase 12.7 percent in 2005, to 206.6 million units, and 10.5 percent in 2006. On the other hand, the forecasters predicted that revenues from those shipments would grow a paltry 0.5 percent this year, to US$202.7 billion.