From Austin Business Journal, March 2, 2009...
The personal computer industry will see its sharpest unit decline in history this year, with shipments falling 11.9 percent to 257 million units, according to Gartner Inc.
The latest report from Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner shows worldwide shipments of laptops and other mobile PCs are expected to increase 9 percent to 155 million units, buoyed by growing demand for mini-notebooks. But desktop units are anticipated to plummet a whopping 32 percent to 101.4 million units.
The largest previous year-over-year decline in PC shipments happened in 2001, when total units shipped fell 3.2 percent.
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