Sunday, February 20, 2005
Posted by Peggy
6:26 PM
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PC OWNERSHIP TO DOUBLE
The number of personal computers worldwide is likely to double in the next five years, according to a recent report from a research analyst firm. An estimated 575 million PCs are currently in use globally. This figure is set to rise to 1.3 billion by 2010, thanks to the increase in ownership in emerging markets such as China, India and Russia.
Those 3 countries are expected to own more than one-third of all new PCs. China alone will add 178 million, and India will add 80 million. The US, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions, combined, are expected to add 150 million PCs in the same period. Indonesia is another growth area, with 40 million new PCs.
The growth in these emerging markets is expected to come from low-priced computers made by local companies. The analyst report came just 2 weeks after IBM sold its PC hardware division to China's number one computer maker, Lenovo, and 2 months after HP announced the release of $400 PCs in China.
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