“This year, the general consumer and corporate arena will favor the portable PC experience in notebooks and laptops in emerging markets, leaving desktops by the wayside according to a UBS analyst. In a note to investors Thursday, UBS analyst Benjamin Reitzes lowered his growth projection for the 2007 personal computer market to 12% from 14% given a lag in desktop computer sales. He also sees growth of 10% into 2008 and 2009,” Matthew Kirdahy reports for Forbes.
Kirdahy reports, “Reitzes said the growth will be fueled in part by Microsoft’s latest operating system Vista, which launched in November, but has yet to reach its potential.”
“Looking ahead, Reitzes likes computer manufacturers Hewlett Packard and Apple over Dell as the major players in the market, given HP’s firm position in emerging markets, such as China, India and Eastern Europe, and Apple’s wide variety of notebook computers, carrying the company’s own operating system,” Kirdahy reports.
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Dude, you got a Dell? What are you, stupid? Only Apple Macs run both Mac OS X and Windows! – April 05, 2006
Considering Apple’s notebook market share is twice its overall share, he could be onto something!
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VISTA BABY! Welcome to the social.
“VISTA BABY! Welcome to the social.”
IMPOSTER! lol
This analyst is right! I would like to add, I believe that during 2007 Coca-cola will be a ‘major player’ in the soft-drink industry and Wal-Mart will be a ‘major player’ in retail.
Vista is a baby. You need to feed it all the time. Need More RAM! Need More VRAM!
im the true Zune Tang and everyone else are imposters! Vista rocks but I am sad to announce that Leopard will murder Vista!
Desktops haven’t been by the wayside for several years now? All I know is that this MBP is the sweetest computer I’ve ever owned. VERY happy.
The Truth is REVEALED!
Zune Tang is REALLY…. Enuz Gnat!!!
“Kirdahy reports, “Reitzes said the growth will be fueled in part by Microsoft’s latest operating system Vista, which launched in November, but has yet to reach its potential.”
I thought Vista was released at the end of December and only for corporate licensors??
… has yet to reach its full potential… yeah right.
Already have a powebook that suits my needs and a kick ass PC for games. One can of course never play as well on a laptop as on a stationary but that not what they are intended for either which is why I have to computers.
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And don’t come saying you’re playing games on your MBP and they run great! Compared to on a gaming system they don’t.
Still love my PB for everything else though