Intel Corporation Message Board
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PC shipments slowing..go figure
The market research firm IDC is out with its latest forecast on PC sales growth in 2011, and as has been the case so many times before, the predictions are worsening for the year.
The firm is has cut its growth estimate on PC sales in 2011 almost in half. In February, it said PC shipments would grow more than 7 percent. Now it says, shipments will grow by only a little more than 4 percent. The reasons are a combination of things you can probably guess: A tightening economic outlook, a saturation in developed markets, and well, the iPad. IDC uses the phrase “competing products,” but we all know what the competing product of the moment is tablets, and when you talk tablets, you’re talking about the Apple’s iPad. Even so, IDC says 2011 will be a down year compared to 2012 through 2015, when growth is expected to head north of 10 percent.-
Once again, Tablets and Cell phone REQUIRE SERVERS. Intc is now making a huge margin from SERVERS. Hello SERVERS. Geez, the analysts are so thick.
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The last four quarters, the market research has been off target and Intel has beat forecasts. I guess we will just have to wait until July 20th earnings release to see how much the IDC forecast affects Intel.
Here is a copy of the IDC press release.
IDC - Press Release
Slowing Consumer Demand Reduces PC Growth for 2011 While Longer-Term Growth Will Remain In Double Digits, According to IDC
06 Jun 2011
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22861211- 1 Reply to alexander.dumbass
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Yeah chances are if the economy tanks Intel will be the only company to
buck the trend right
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Fusion is the only upgrade in PC's for the past five years.
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