Blogulate: Bye Bye Desktops

Posted by morad

August 3, 2007

BBC News reported that laptops would overtake desktop PCs as the dominant form of computer by 2011. This conclusion is based on a report by analysts at IDC. The report predicts the laptop market will grow by 16.1% year-on-year until 2011, compared to just 3.8% for desktop PCs. Compared to the previous year, the numbers of laptops shipped rose by 26.3% compared to less than 2% for desktop PCs.