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E.U. Overtakes U.S. as Top PC Market

Posted by Zonk on from the where-aren't-we-slipping-these-days dept.

Digital Inspiration wrote to mention a Reuters article discussing Europe overtaking the U.S. as the largest PC Market. From the article: "Shipments in Europe, Middle East and Africa grew 17.1 percent to 72.7 million units, overtaking the United States which grew 7.5 percent to 67 million. In 2004, the United States still slightly exceeded Europe, both regions taking about 62 million units."

4 of 20 comments (clear)

  1. Who exactly overtook the US? by mooingyak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Was it Europe, or Europe + Middle East + Africa?

    TFA and the summary both seem to confuse the issue.

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  2. Look out by Fiachra06 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The redcoats are coming, the redcoats are coming!

  3. Why? by the+right+sock · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I realize there's a large leftist population here, but why must there be such constant disparaging of the US, especially when there's opportunity to suck off the EU? Even to the point that an article's meaning is subtley twisted in the headline to change its scope from an entire *region* (EMEA) to a (comparatively) much smaller grouping (the EU).

    They're no better than we are; some in fact are much worse when it comes to most things that boil the blood of the common slashdotter (try reading a bit about those member countries everyone here loves so much).

  4. Do the math. by ndansmith · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Population of EU: 459,500,000
    Population of US: 297,200,005

    As the process of modernization continues in the EU, surpassing the US in computer sales is a forgone conclusion.