PC growth propped up by emerging markets

摘要

The volume of PC shipments ended 2011 in positive territory, reversing a trend of steady declines according to IT market research firm International Data Corporation. Worldwide PC shipments grew 1.8 percent in 2011 versus 2010, although that average is somewhat misleading. Emerging markets grew at 11.6 percent for the year, while mature markets - defined as the U.S., Canada, Western Europe and Japan - decline 8.8 percent versus 2010. Even among the growing emerging economies, shipments of desktop PCs continued to be anemic, growing at just 3.5 percent in 2011, while shipments of laptops and portable computers increased over 19 percent during the same period.