Gartner: Weltweites PC Markt Wachstum von 13 Prozent im Jahr 2008 prognostiziert

Emerging PC markets will remain a key shipment growth segment. Emerging market PC shipments are forecast to grow 17.1 per cent in 2008 compared with 6.3 per cent for mature market shipments. Emerging market mobile PC growth is expected to outdistance mature market growth by an even greater margin — 39.4 per cent versus 19.1 per cent in 2008.

“PC shipments should continue to maintain double-digit growth so long as emerging markets remain strong,” Mr Shiffler said. “Emerging markets appear less imperilled by the economic slowdowns taking place in the United States and other mature markets than we once thought. However, rising oil and food prices are accelerating inflation in many emerging markets and this could begin to squeeze PC demand in those markets, especially if local policymakers respond by curbing GDP growth to cool inflation. Even so, it is unlikely that emerging market PC growth would slow so much that global PC growth would slip into the mid-single digits.”

Additional information is available in the Gartner report "Market Trends: Worldwide PC Market Scenarios, 2Q08" The report is available on Gartner's Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=690611&subref=simplesearch.

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