Gartner cuts PC shipment forecasts for 2010, 2011
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(Reuters) - Research firm Gartner has cut its forecasts for global computers shipments in 2010 and 2011, citing weaker demand as many customers choose a tablet computer over a PC, it said on Monday.
It said it expected PC shipments this year to rise 14.3 percent to 352 million units, year-on-year, and in 2011 by 15.9 percent. It had previously predicted the growth to be 17.9 percent in 2010 and 18.1 percent in 2011.
"These results reflect marked reductions in expected near-term unit growth based on expectations of weaker consumer demand, due in no small part to growing user interest in media tablets such as the iPad," Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner, said in a statement.
"Media tablets are expected to displace around 10 percent of PC units by 2014," he added.
(Reporting by Terhi Kinnunen; Editing by Hans Peters)
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