Gartner: "PC market to grow 9% in 2005"

Posted on Saturday, February 19 2005 @ 18:30 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Gartner, a leading market research firms, released a new report about the PC market. For this year the firm expects the market will grow about 9%, compared to 11% in 2004.

Gartner expects PC shipments to total 199 million in 2005, up 9% from 183 million in 2004. Market growth in 2004 was 11.4%. Gartner projects mobile PC shipments to drive market growth by increasing 17.4% in 2005. Meanwhile, desktop PC shipments are only forecast to grow 6.1%.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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