Sales of personal computers are expected to grow 19.8 percent during 2010, due to the global economic recovery and strong expected sales in both the consumer and corporate markets, according to a study by market research firm IDC.
IDC found that unlike last year’s mini recovery—sales increased in the netbook segment of personal computers—this year’s sales rebound is expected to be across the board, including on higher-priced computers.During the first months of 2010, IDC found that desktop PCs, the main component of corporate PC sales, increased for the first time since the second quarter of 2008, when the global recession hit the business sector.”Beyond continuing with the market recovery, 2010 will be a year filled with new formulations on what constitutes the PC experience,” said Jay Chou, research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker in a statement.”New devices such as e-readers and media tablets will pose disruptive challenges to conventional usage models while opening up intriguing possibilities in consumer and mobile business spaces.
“Tablets to Dominate?Forrester Research estimated that 6 percent of all PC sales this year will be in the form of tablet computers—we can thank the popularity of Apple Inc.’s iPad for that statistic. The iPad has sold more than 2 million units since its introduction two months ago.But Forrester also predicted that by 2012, tablet computers would outsell netbooks, and take up to 18 percent of the PC market, which would also exceed sales of desktop computers.So far, Apple is dominating the tablet computer market, while rival computer makers such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are left waiting for Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. to develop its own Windows 7 tablet edition.Much of the iPad’s success caught the industry by surprise. Apple’s 2 million iPad units sold exceeded even its own expectations.A Bloomberg report cited insiders that said makers of PCs are turning to manufacturers to install Google Android-like operating systems onto tablets to compete, as Windows 7 is too energy-consuming to run on tablet computers.HP, which acquired Palm Inc. this year, may be developing its own operating system for tablets based on Palms WebOS operating system.
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