Fueled by continued demand for notebook computers as well as consumer and corporate spending, worldwide PC sales in the third quarter of 2003 grew nearly 16 percent from last year, about 5 percent above projections, research firm IDC said. The IDC report, reinforced by similar Gartner findings of 14 percent growth compared with last year’s third quarter, credits strong consumer spending and “phenomenal growth in portables” for the increase to 38.4 million shipments in this year’s third quarter.
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Analysts: Notebooks Warm Up PC Sales
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 16, 2003 09:55 AMFueled by continued demand for notebook computers as well as consumer and corporate spending, worldwide PC sales in the third quarter of 2003 grew nearly 16 percent from last year, about 5 percent above projections, research firm IDC said. The IDC report, reinforced by similar Gartner findings of 14 percent growth compared with last year’s third quarter, credits strong consumer spending and “phenomenal growth in portables” for the increase to 38.4 million shipments in this year’s third quarter.