Gartner has lowered its laptop-sales forecast for this year and the next, predicting that the popularity of tablets and smartphones will slow laptop sales. Gartner expects worldwide laptop sales to increase 11% this year and an…
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Research company Gartner lowered its forecasts for global computer shipments in 2010 and 2011, saying that growing demand for tablet devices will eat into personal computer sales.
PC shipments this year will rise 14.3% to 352 million units, Gartner said, according to Reuters. Gartner forecast that shipments will increase by 15.9% in 2011.
Previously, the research company predicted…
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Building a new chipmaking plant and upgrading four others will result in thousands of construction and high-tech jobs, the world’s leading supplier of microprocessors said today. It’s a strong statement from a company that has …