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Subject: Worldwide Personal Computer Market Unit Size
Category: Computers > Hardware
Asked by: leebobis-ga
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Posted: 22 Oct 2006 11:40 PDT
Expires: 21 Nov 2006 10:40 PST
Question ID: 775833
What is the 2006 worldwide unit volume for personal computers in consumer,
small/medium business, and enterprise segments?
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Subject: Re: Worldwide Personal Computer Market Unit Size
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 22 Oct 2006 15:37 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker (Sept.14, 2006) provides
worldwide PC shipments and growth. Shipments are in millions of units.
IDC breaks down the segments into Commercial and Consumer. Commercial
would include the SMB and the Enterprise segment.


       Worldwide Shipments Units (M) 
-------------------------------------------
Worldwide     2005    2006    2007     2008
-------------------------------------------
Consumer      78.6    88.5   100.1    111.7

Comercial    129.3   141.3   157.2    176.1

Total        207.8   229.7   257.4    287.8
===========================================



           Worldwide Growth (%)		
-------------------------------------------
Worldwide     2005    2006    2007     2008
-------------------------------------------
Consumer      21.1%   12.6%   13.2%    1.5%

Comercial      13.0%    9.3%  11.3%   12.0%

Total         16.0%   10.5%   12.0%  
11.8%===========================================


PCs include Desktop, Notebook, Ultra Portable, and x86 Server and do
not include handhelds.

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, June 2006

IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker gathers PC market data in 55
countries by vendor, form factor, brand, processor brand and speed,
sales channel and user segment. The research includes historical and
forecast trend analysis as well as price band and installed base data.

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS20355606


Search terms:
Worldwide PC market 220..250 million
global  PC market size  220..250 million consumer business enterprise


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Request for Answer Clarification by leebobis-ga on 24 Oct 2006 16:23 PDT
Thanks for the info. How much of the commercial number is Small/Medium
Business ie less than 100 employees as opposed to Enterprise ie more
than 100 employees? Thanks, Lee

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 24 Oct 2006 16:33 PDT
Dear Lee,

Thank you for your clarification.

I will resume my search and hopefully I'll locate the information.

Sincerely, 
Bobbie7

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 24 Oct 2006 20:23 PDT
Sorry for the typo. It should be "commercial" and not "Comercial"

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 24 Oct 2006 20:49 PDT
Hello again Lee,

So far I found some figures  for India .

PC sales to the business segment  accounts for 75 percent of the total
PC consumption and households 25%. Within businesses, sales to the
larger businesses (over 50 employees) grew by 38 percent; to the
medium business segments (between 10 and 50 employees) grew by 17
percent and that to small enterprises by 45 percent.

Excerpts:

?The PC market ? desktops and notebooks taken together, grossed 5.04
million (50.4 lakh) units registering a growth of 32 percent over the
last fiscal. Desktop sales crossed 4.6 million (46 lakh) units
registering an annual growth of 27 percent while the notebooks
shipments exceeded 0.43 million (4.3 lakh) units growing 144 percent
over 2004-05.?

?With sound macroeconomic conditions and buoyant buying sentiment in
the market, desktop sales are expected to cross 5.6 million (56 lakh)
units in fiscal 2006-07 while overall PC shipments would exceed six
million units.?
?The MAIT-IMRB review revealed that PC sales to the business segment
improved by 33 percent accounting for 75 percent of the total PC
consumption. Households, with sales growth of 12 percent, accounted
for 25 percent of the market. Within businesses, sales to the larger
businesses (over 50 employees) grew by 38 percent; to the medium
business segments (between 10 and 50 employees) grew by 17 percent and
that to small enterprises by 45 percent.?

Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology India
http://www.dqchannels.com/content/technologytrends/106071601.asp

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 24 Oct 2006 21:07 PDT
From Gartner:

"In the United States, fourth quarter results confirmed that the U.S.
professional market replacement cycle has peaked. "Both small and
midsize business (SMB) and enterprise markets showed softness in
demand," said Mika Kitagawa, principal analyst in Gartner's Computing
Platforms Worldwide Group. "This slow down was mainly driven by poor
desk-based PC sales. Professional mobile PC growth was very steady,
especially in the SMB market."

In the Asia/Pacific region, China, South Korea and India continued to
perform well in the fourth quarter. China had strong demand in the
professional segment due to fiscal year-end spending, while in the
consumer market, leading vendors had some success in their winter
promotion programs. In India, PC sales are expanding beyond the major
cities."

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=492237

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 24 Oct 2006 21:15 PDT
Please download the above document.
http://www.gartner.com/teleconferences/attributes/attr_149932_115.pdf

On page 15 on the bottom left of the page you'll find a graph showing
PCs by End Users, for the following segments: Home, SMB (small and
medium business), Corporate and Edu/Govt.This is for the Asia Pacific
PC Market

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 24 Oct 2006 21:40 PDT
Hello again Lee,

I finally located the precise data you require.

------------------------------------------
Global Estimated PC Shipments by Segment
------------------------------------------
                 C2004            C2005
------------------------------------------
Total Units     179,000,000    208,000,000
------------------------------------------
Enterprise         30%             29%
SMB                34%             34%
Consumer           36%             38%
------------------------------------------

Source: IDC and Morgan Stanley Research ? R. Runkle, K. Huberty
Note: Enterprise includes large enterprises and the government
vertical. SMB stands for Small Medium Business.

Download here: See page 18 for additional details
http://dblab.ssu.ac.kr/download.jsp?path=mdm/&file=Trends%20in%20internet.pdf


I hope this is helpful!

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

Request for Answer Clarification by leebobis-ga on 26 Oct 2006 15:14 PDT
Thanks Bobbie7. This does it for me. Well done!

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 26 Oct 2006 15:17 PDT
Great!
I'm delighted you are pleased with my research.
leebobis-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

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