Portability and price have combined to fuel consumer thirst for personal computers, according to IDC findings on worldwide PC shipments — a trend the company says will be matched by more corporate spending through 2004. Updating its Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, IDC forecast “record levels” for 2003 and 2004, with the total number of PC shipments in 2003 hitting 152 million units valued at $175 billion. For 2004, IDC said shipment growth should climb 11 percent, up from prior expectations of about 10 percent, and the shipment value will grow by 4 percent.
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Record Number of PCs Shipped in 2003
Posted by: Jay Lyman December 12, 2003 09:40 AMPortability and price have combined to fuel consumer thirst for personal computers, according to IDC findings on worldwide PC shipments — a trend the company says will be matched by more corporate spending through 2004. Updating its Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, IDC forecast “record levels” for 2003 and 2004, with the total number of PC shipments in 2003 hitting 152 million units valued at $175 billion. For 2004, IDC said shipment growth should climb 11 percent, up from prior expectations of about 10 percent, and the shipment value will grow by 4 percent.