Analysts research company Gartner believes that the PC market will decrease this year by 6% compared to 2008 year. Under the fresh projections, manufacturers will put on the market for 274 million computers, which is 18 million less than the result of a year ago.
main causes of decline in the demand for Gartner believes the economic crisis and the shift from desktop computers to hand. In 2009, will be sold around 125 million household PCs. Analysts also say that the effects of the crisis for the industry were not as disastrous as first thought. The market should recover in the next year.
The end of the year will be sold 149 million laptops. Because of the growing popularity of netbukov average price of notebook computers dropped to 12.8%. The average price of desktop PCs to decline by 26,6%.
Materials:
– Gartner sees a danger in the rehabilitation of markets;
– IT-industry is recovering from a crisis;
– A comparison of the current crisis and the crisis of 2001.
