According to an IDC report, PC shipments are expected to grow by 12.6% year-over-year and double-digit growth will continue through 2014. Portable PCs are expected to account for 70% of the global market by 2012. Growth in shipments of netbooks and low-end mini-laptops slowed while other laptop categories increased 22% increase year-over-year. In the second half of 2009 global shipments were up 2.9% year-over-year. In the United States, PC shipments were up 6.7%. Consumer PC purchases were the sole driver of the market last year increasing 38.5% year-over-year. Commercial shipments were flat until the end of the year when there was a slight increase.
Gartner, in its preliminary 2010 forecast earlier this month, predicted that that global PC shipments would increase 19.7% year-over-year. Gartner expects mobile PCs to account for 90 percent of PC growth over the next three years. In 2009, mobile PCs accounted for 55 percent of all PC shipments and Gartner expects that by 2012, mobile PCs will be responsible for nearly 70 percent of shipments.
Gartner expects that the worldwide market for touchscreen mobile devices in 2010 will increase 96.8 percent increase over 2009. Gartner predicts that by 2013, touchscreen mobile devices will account for 58 percent of mobile device sales worldwide and, incredibly, more than 80 percent in North America and Western Europe.
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