Thursday, February 9th, 2012 4:23 am

Europe: Weak demand for PC’s, mini-notebooks

Stamford (ip-192.com): PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 12.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a decline of 18.9 percent from the same period in 2010. The mobile PC market was particularly hit hard with a 20.4 percent decline, as mini-notebook shipments decreased 53 percent, according to Gartner, Inc, an information technology research [...]

2011: 42 percent of PCs run Windows 7

Stamford (ip-192.com): Linux distributions are expected to remain niche operating systems over the next five years, capturing a market share of less than two percent because of the remaining high costs of application migration from Windows to Linux, information technology research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. says. In the consumer market, Linux will be run [...]

PC shipments: Robust growth predicted

Stamford (ip-192.com): The outlook for the IT industry is more optimistic, as evidenced by the latest Gartner report. The Stamford, Connecticut based research and advisory company predicts that worldwide PC shipments will increase 22 percent in 2010 from 308.3 million to 376.6 million units. Worldwide spending on PC purchases is forecast to reach $245.4 billion [...]

AMD favored in HP’s new laptop lineup

Palo Alto (ip-192.com): Hewlett-Packard (HP) is favoring AMD processors in its new laptop lineup. The company introduced 14 notebooks utilizing VISION and VISION Pro Technology from AMD, giving consumers and businesses a wide range of mobile products and a vivid visual experience at virtually every price and performance level. "Businesses and consumers can turn to [...]