Gartner Sees A Decline in PC Sales

Gartner Sees A Decline in PC Sales

Gartner, a research and advisory company, is seeing a tough year for the PC industry selling up to only 257 million units for shipment in 2009. 
 

Gartner research director George Shiffler said, "Slower GDP growth will generally weaken demand and slow new penetration. Lengthening PC lifetimes will reduce replacements, and supplier caution will keep inventories at historic lows until confidence in a recovery eventually firms."

 

"The impact of reduced replacements will be especially acute in mature markets, where replacements are estimated to account for around 80 per cent of shipments."

 

The mini-netbook market is estimated to ship 21 million units this year; however, this won't help to ease things up for the PC industry. Gartner also concluded that the market is faring well in supply chain management, catering to consumer demands.