By MELODIE WARNER
On Wednesday, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs declared that the tech industry is in the "post-PC" device era as he introduced the iPad 2. A day later, a leading technology research firm gave credence to that assertion, cutting its PC shipment forecast and citing tablets as one of the reasons.
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Gartner Inc. said it expects worldwide PC shipments to grow 10.5% in 2011 to 387.8 million units, down from an earlier forecast of 15.9% growth. The biggest decline will come in laptops sold to consumers, a traditionally high growth sub-sector where shipments are now expected to increase 14.6% in 2011 instead of 25.1%, the firm said.
Competition from the iPad is an obvious culprit. Many estimates call for upwards of 40 million tablet sales in 2011—with Apple's device dominating the market—an amount that would more than compensate for the drop off in PC sales if the two categories were combined. And many other companies are racing to make tablets of their own.
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On Wednesday, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs declared that the tech industry is in the "post-PC" device era as he introduced the iPad 2. A day later, a leading technology research firm gave credence to that assertion, cutting its PC shipment forecast and citing tablets as one of the reasons.
Journal Community
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Gartner Inc. said it expects worldwide PC shipments to grow 10.5% in 2011 to 387.8 million units, down from an earlier forecast of 15.9% growth. The biggest decline will come in laptops sold to consumers, a traditionally high growth sub-sector where shipments are now expected to increase 14.6% in 2011 instead of 25.1%, the firm said.
Competition from the iPad is an obvious culprit. Many estimates call for upwards of 40 million tablet sales in 2011—with Apple's device dominating the market—an amount that would more than compensate for the drop off in PC sales if the two categories were combined. And many other companies are racing to make tablets of their own.
info supplied by edward e. cambas
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