Dealerscope reports that iSuppli is projecting total global shipments of PCs to fall by 4% in 2009. This would be the first drop in PC sales since 2001.
iSuppli projected the number for 2009 at 287.3 million units, a 4 percent drop from 2008's total of 299.2 million. The firm attributed the likely drop to both weak sales of desktop computers and a decline in IT spending.
"An annual decline in unit shipments is highly unusual in the PC market," iSuppli's principal analyst, compute platforms, Matthew Wilkins, said as part of the announcement. "Even in weak years, PC unit shipments typically rise by single-digit percentages."
The recession combined with people using more portable devices for their computing needs like desktops and smartphones is likely behind the PC desktop sales drop.
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