Archive for the PCs Category
Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008
In 2008 the virtual game economy employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 per month, creating a global market worth about $500 mln, according to Professor Richard Heeks from the University o...
PC gaming generated $10.7 bln in 2007
PC gaming was a $10.7 bln industry during the year of 2007, with retail sales accounting for just 30% of total revenues. According to PC Gaming Alliance, growth was largely driven by online revenues f...
Italian PC market grew 13.5% in Q1 2008
Italian PC market rise by 13.5% YOY in Q1 2008. Notebook sales grew by 35.6% compared to Q1 2007. Desktop market posted 2.5% growth. Notebook market growth 35.8% YOY. The share of notebooks rising up ...
EAS market in the Czech Republic declined 4.5% YTY in 2007
Expansion of the enterprise application software (EAS) market in the Czech Republic slowed to 4.5% year on year in 2007, down from 6.4% in 2006. The value of the market exceeded $117 mln in 2007. In 2...
French PC market grew 9.6% in Q1 2008
French PC market started the year at a healthy pace, with shipments recording 9.6% YOY growth in Q1 2008. Strong notebook sales drove overall market dynamics, especially in the consumer and SMB space,...
German PC market sold 2.72 mln units in Q1 2008
In Q1 2008 the German PC market performed above expectations, with growth reaching 17.4% YOY as overall PC shipments for Q4 2007 over 2.72 mln units. Notebook sales grew by 44.4% YOY, according to IDC...
VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%
VMware is the clear market leader in providing virtualization technology with 82% of the sample using VMware. Despite high levels of Linux use, only 3% of the sample were using Xen as their virtualiza...
In Q1 2008 67% of PCs sold in France were laptops
Consumer notebook sales recorded strong performance in the Q1 2008 in French PC market, posting 28.1% growth, after a solid 50% recorded last year in Q1 2007. Transition to mobility is continuing stro...
Virtualization growth rising from 46% in 2007 to 54% in 2008
The pace of adoption of virtualized servers is incredibly rapid among organizations that are using virtualization, with 35% of servers purchased in 2007 being virtualized and 52% of those bought in 20...
Consumer notebook shipments to grow 36.5% in 2008
Consumer notebook shipments are forecast to display continued double-digit growth in 2008, expected at 36.5%. Several ultraportable models were announced in Q2 2008, from international as well as loca...
UK PC market reached more than 3.25 mln units in Q1 2008
The UK PC market demonstrated solid performance in Q1 2008, as overall PC shipments for the quarter reached more than 3.25 mln units, an increase of 14.3% YOY. Mobility continued to be the key driver,...
US PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
Company Q2 2008 Shipments Q2 2008 Market Share (%) Q2 2007 Shipments Q2 2007 Market Share (%) Growth (%) Dell 5,254 31.9 4,697 29.7 11.9 HP 4,166 25.3 3,944 24.9 5.6...
Worldwide PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
Company Q2 2008Shipments Q2 2008Market Share (%) Q2 2007Shipments Q2 2007Market Share (%) Q2 2008-Q2 2007Growth (%) HP 13,028 18.1 11,129 18.0 17.1 Dell 11,204 15.6 9,190 ...
90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC
According to the Forrester Research, although Gen Y is a small generation of 18- to 28-year-olds, comprising only 38 mln US adults, it sets the pace for technology adoption. 90% of Gen Yers own a PC, ...
Total sales of thin clients in first half of 2007 in Asia reached 282,667 units
Total sales of thin clients in H1 2007 in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) reached 282,667 units, representing an increase of 37.3% over 2007, according to IDC. Revenue likewise increased 29.2%...
Asia printer market grew 6.3% in Q1 2008
According to IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals (HCP) Tracker, the combined printer and MFP market grew 6.3% YTY to reach 6.5 mln units in Q1 2008. Prices of A4 monochrome and color las...
40% of parents feel that writing on a computer makes their child more likely to use poor spelling and grammar
33% of black parents feel that writing on a computer makes their child more likely to have a short attention span-significantly higher than the comparable figure for whites (19%), according to Pew Int...
24% of European households don’t have landlines
24% of European households have given up fixed landlines for mobile phones, up from 22% in 2006. The Czech Republic, Finland and Lithuania had the lowest number of landlines in use. 22% are now using ...
2 bln PCs by 2014
Gartner estimates that the installed base of PCs is growing at an annual rate of almost 12%, there will be 2 bln PCs in use by 2014. US, Western Europe and Japan, currently account for 58% of the worl...
Does computer make any difference in the quality of teen writing?
Amount of writing Quality of writing More/better 41% 29% Less/worse 12 6 Doesn't make any difference 43 63 Source: Pew Internet Project ...
70% of girls say writing on a computer makes no difference in the quality of their writing, compared with 57% of boys
Girls tend to assign less responsibility to computers in terms of writing quality than boys-70% of girls say writing on a computer makes no difference in the quality of their writing, compared with 57...
21% of 15-17 year olds usually use computers for their school writing
19% of white teens typically do their school writing on a computer, compared with one in ten blacks (11%) and English-speaking Hispanics (9%), according to Pew Internet Project. Older teens also tend ...
56% of teens said they think writing is essential
56% of teens said they think writing is essential, and another 30% say it is important but not essential for later success. Just 12% of teens said writing was only somewhat important, and 2% said it w...
40% of parents think computers have a negative impact on their child’s writing
More Likely Less Likely Makes no Difference Strongly resonant Write better because they can revise and edit easily 69% 11% 17% Present ideas clearly 54 7 34 Be c...