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August 23, 2011 By Matt Williams
PC shipments in the China market have exceeded those of the U.S. in 2011’s second quarter, according to data released on Tuesday, Aug. 23, from International Data Corp.’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
Approximately 18.5 million units worth $11.9 billion in U.S. dollars shipped in China during the quarter, compared to 17.7 million units worth $11.7 billion in the U.S. According to IDC, China represented 22 percent of the global PC market’s unit shipments compared to the U.S. at 21 percent.
“IDC does not expect China to exceed the U.S. in full year shipments until 2012, when 85.2 million units are forecast to be shipped in China and 76.6 million units in the U.S.,” according to the research data.
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I checked out the link to Data Corp.'s Report and as I suspected tablets like the iPad and Android based systems are not a part of the statistics (as well they would not be since they are not PCs). I would expect the sales of PCs in America to slow down dramatically over the next few years. It seems to me that America has grown tired of the traditional PC. Companies are consolidating and reducing the number of servers they have using virtualization. Others are moving from in house systems to cloud based systems. Also talk is going around about cloud based computers like the Chromebook. A lot of what you hear about today is tablets, virtualization, and the cloud. I don't believe that these things will bring traditional PC sales to a stop; however, I can imagine that they are taking a pretty good jab at them.