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• Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008
• PC gaming generated $10.7 bln in 2007
• Italian PC market grew 13.5% in Q1 2008
• EAS market in the Czech Republic declined 4.5% YTY in 2007
• French PC market grew 9.6% in Q1 2008
• German PC market sold 2.72 mln units in Q1 2008
• VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%
• In Q1 2008 67% of PCs sold in France were laptops
• Virtualization growth rising from 46% in 2007 to 54% in 2008
• Consumer notebook shipments to grow 36.5% in 2008
• UK PC market reached more than 3.25 mln units in Q1 2008
• US PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
• Worldwide PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
• 90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC
• Total sales of thin clients in first half of 2007 in Asia reached 282,667 units
• Asia printer market grew 6.3% in Q1 2008
• 40% of parents feel that writing on a computer makes their child more likely to use poor spelling and grammar
• 24% of European households don’t have landlines
• 2 bln PCs by 2014
• Does computer make any difference in the quality of teen writing?
• 70% of girls say writing on a computer makes no difference in the quality of their writing, compared with 57% of boys
• 21% of 15-17 year olds usually use computers for their school writing
• 56% of teens said they think writing is essential
• 40% of parents think computers have a negative impact on their child’s writing
• 83% of parents think writing skills are more important today
• Casual games generate $2.25 bln annually
• 24% of white teens say they usually do their non-school writing on a computer
• China’s hardcopy peripheral market achieved 9.9 mln units in 2007
• Inkjet and laser multifunction peripherals enjoyed a healthy growth of 11% and 13% respectively in Q4 2007 in China
• 71% of teens currently have a cell phone and computer at home
• Global PC shipments grew 14.6% to 69.5 mln units in Q1 2008
• US PC market in Q1 2008, Apple has 6% share
• Global PC market in Q1 2008
• Q1 2008 PC shipments grew 19% in EMEA
• EMEA PC market in Q1 2008
• 76.2 mln PCs sold worldwide in Q4 2007
• PC shipment growth by region, 2007-2012
• 660 mln virtualized PCs by 2011
• Global disk storage systems market in 2007
• Global PC shipments to grow by 12.8% in 2008
• Small displays to generate $6.4 bln in Q1 2008
• Prices for small displays to reach $6.80 in Q1 2008
• Only 8% of US consumers plan to buy a laptop in the next 3 months
• Global storage software market grew to $2.9 bln in Q4 2007
• Global storage software revenues in Q4 2007
• Small displays for digital photoframes rose to $30 in Q4 2007
• Demand for small/medium displays exceeded supply by 0.8% in Q4 2007
• PC market to grow 10.9% in 2008
• 31.64 mln graphics devices shipped in Q4 2007
• The PC supply chain shipped 257 mln systems worldwide in 2007
• 228.8 mln laptops sold in 2007
• Asian PC market up 21% in volume, down 5% in dollars spent
• Romanian notebook market grew 160% in 2007
• $2.25 bln spent on casual games in 2007
• IT market growth of 5% in 2008
• EMEA PC market in Q4 2007
• 21 mln PC-powered processors by 2015
• 3 mln removable hard disk drives to ship by 2012
• Asia/Pacific PC market in 2007
• PC market in EMEA in 2007
• Asia/Pacific PC market in Q4 2007
• 84% of kids play games
• Asia/Pacific PC market grew 20.9% in 2007
• PC CPU shipments up 12.6% in 2007
• Q4 2007 CPU market shares: Intel - 76.7%, AMD - 23.1%
• EMEA PC shipments up 14.4% in Q4 2007
• PC server CPUs grew 17% in Q4 2007
• Global CPU market grew 8.5% in Q4 2007
• 271.2 mln PC shipped in the US in 2007
• 600-800 mln PCs unused in the US
• 100 mln copies of Vista sold in 2007
• 69% of Americans think PCs are more entertaining than TV
• PC market growth, 2006-2011
• PC shipments, 2006-2011
• Supercomputer sales up 18% in Q3 2007
• 97.85 mln GPUs shipped in Q3 2007
• Desktop PC chipset sales up 11.2% in 2007
• US PC shipments in Q3 2007
• Global PC shipments in Q3 2007
• US PC shipments in Q3 2007
• Global PC shipments in Q3 2007
• US PC market in Q3 2007
• 68.5 mln PCs sold in Q3 2007
• 64% of Americans spend more time with their computer than their spouse
• Global PC market to grow 11% in 2008
• PC market in Q2 2007
• Notebook sales up 24% in 2007 back-to-school season
• 42% of PC users never defragment their PCs
• Top laptop brands among mobile Internet users
• 66% of US small and medium businesses use laptops for business
• PC shipments up 10.5-11.5% in Q2 2007
• By 2011 6% of PC hard drives to be solid state
• 255.7 mln PCs to be manufactured in 2007
• US PC market in Q2 2007
• Global PC market up 12.5% in Q2 2007
• US PC market in Q2 2007
• 61.1 mln PCs sold worldwide in Q2 2007
• Global PC shipments to grow 11.1% in 2007
• Apple small business market share up to 27%
• 264 mln PCs to ship in 2007
• Global PC market to grow 11.1% in 2007
• 2 bln PCs by 2015
• Vientamese PC market up 42% in 2006
• 82.8% of all hard drives went into PCs in 2006
• PC market to grow 10.5% in 2007 and 10.7% in 2008
• 24 mln laptops sold in Q4 2009 to have flash hard drives
• Tablet PC market only 1.4% of the global PC market
• 33% of PCs shipped in Q4 2007 will be quad-core
• 54% of Americans 18 to 30 have a laptop
• Global PC shipments in Q1 2007
• Apple owned 5% of US PC market in Q1 2007
• Latin American PC market up 21% in Q1 2007
• Japanese PC market down 6.8% in Q1 2007
• Global PC shipments in Q1 2007
• Argentina PC market up 39% in 2006
• $203 mln of PC games sold in January-February 2007
• Global PC shipments up 8.9% in Q1 2007
• Mobile computing generated $55.6 bln in 2005 and $63.5 bln in 2006
• PC shipments in 2006
• Global PC market in Q4 2006
• Two-thirds of consumer PC revenues came from retail sector in 2006
• Graphics device market up 0.9% in Q4 2006
• Semi-ruggedized notebooks to grow at 16% a year
• 14.2 mln PCs sold in Japan in 2006
• 18.6 mln PCs sold in Latin America in 2006
• 59.9 mln PCs sold in Asia-Pacific in 2006
• Semi-ruggedized notebooks to grow at 16% a year
• 65% of Americans spend more time with computer than significant other
• 80.3 mln PCs sold in EMEA in 2006
• 239 mln PCs sold globally in 2006
• US PC shipments in Q4 2006
• 67.3 mln PCs shipped globally in Q4 2006
• 21.8 mln PC graphics boards shipped in Q3 2006
• Asia-Pacific PC shipments grew 17.7% in 2006
• US PC penetration is at 73.4%
• 85% of corporate buyers are not impacted by battery recalls
• Profile of US home PC owner
• US-made PC shipments at lowest level in 14 years
• 40% of all PCs sold in 2010 will be laptops
• Asia-Pacific PC market up 15% in Q3 2006
• EMEA PC market up 11.2% in Q3 2006
• US PC market in Q3 2006: Apple at 5.8%
• Global PC market down 7.9% in Q3 2006
• 70% of PCs sold this holiday season will be priced under $1,000
• Asia-Pacific thin client market up 64% in 2005
• Global PC shipments to grow 8.8% in 2007
• 5.85 mln media center PCss to ship in 2006
• PC penetration in businesses is at 60% worldwide
• Only 28% of US consumers avoid games with copy protection
• EMEA thin client market
• Central and Eastern European PC market up 25% in 2005
• 233.7 mln PCs to be sold in 2006
• Notebook PCs up 100% in Q2 2006 in Latin America
• PC market up 9.8% in Q2 2006
• PC revenues to fall 2.5% in 2006
• Almost all laptops to have wide screen by 2008
• Persian Gulf PC market up 43% in 2005
• $3.1 trillion worth of PCs sold since August 12th, 1981
• 54.9 mln PCs sold worldwide in Q2 2006
• Top mobile PC manufacturers in 2005
• US PC market up 6.7% in Q2 2006
• Global PC sales up 9.7% in Q2 2006
• Top PC makers in Asia-Pacific: Lenovo, HP, Dell, Founder, Acer
• PC media server market to generate $3.7 bln in 2006, $44.8 bln by 2011
• Thin-client hardware shipments up 38% in 2005
• Asia-Pacific PC market to grow 20.3% in 2006
• EMEA PC market up 12.1% in Q1 2006
• Global PC market to grow 10.1% in 2006
• Latin American PC market up 22.9% in Q1 2006
• 90% of people in Denmark and Sweden are computer literate
• German PC market up 4.1% in Q1 2006
• US and global PC market 2004-2008
• Latin American PC market up 29.5% in Q1 2006
• Global PC market up 12.6% in Q1 2006
• 24% of PC users have lost important personal information in the past 30 days
• Western European PC market to grow at 7.9% a year
• In US PC is on 9.2 hours a day, TV is on 8.9 hours a day
• Global PC market up 13.1% in Q1 2006
• Notebook prices down 18.5% so far in 2006
• 74.9 mln PC graphics devices shipped in Q1 2006
• 70% of Americans are unaware of what Media Center PCs can do
• 381 mln hard drives shipped in 2005, 24.4% growth
• 11.7 mln PCs sold in Asia-Pacific in Q1 2006
• 2.5 mln workstations to sell globally in 2010
• Latin America PC market up 29.5% in Q1 2006
• 72% of PC desktop shoppers and 73% of notebook shoppers buy accessories on the same visit
• Most popular laptop brands in US retail: Dell, HP, Toshiba
• 6.4 mln PCs sold retail in the US in Q1 2006
• US PC sales up 10.1% in Q1 2006
• EMEA PC market up 15% in Q1 2006
• EMEA PC market up 15% in Q1 2006
• 10.8 mln PCs sold in Asia-Pacific in Q1 2006
• US PC market up 5.3% in Q1 2006
• Top global PC vendors: Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer
• Global PC market up 12.9% in Q1 2006
• Global PC market up 13.1% in Q1 2006
• PC shipments up 28%, laptops up 50% in Q1 2006
• 851,735 PCs sold in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2005
• PC market up 9.1% in Japan in 2005
• PC market in Brazil up 36% in 2005

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