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Why The U.S. PC Market is On The Decline

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-down dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek reports on the recent woes of Apple and Dell. One possible reason according to the article: 'imminent price wars'." From the article: "'There's a softness in the market that's building,' says Richard Shim, a senior research analyst at IDC. In the past two weeks, IDC cut its 2006 forecast for U.S. PC growth to 5.7%, from 6.8%. 'In '04 and '05 there was tremendous growth. In a market that's as mature as this industry is, there's no way you can maintain those levels.'"

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  1. Slowing Growth != Decline by dsn1337 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Analysts are predicting lower growth, not negative growth. And since the market isnt growing as fast as wallstreet likes, share prices take a hit. Apparantly, having sales of only $4.8 billion is not enough for them, it must be $5 billion...

  2. BS by bean123456789 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So because of a 1% decline in the GROWTH of the market, pc sales are suddenly in a downward spiral?!?
    Sounds like sensationalist press to me.

  3. It's always struck me as ridiculous... by casualsax3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... that we can somehow consider 5.7% growth DECLINE. Damn analysts...