PC Shipments Drop; Corporate Demand Slows Pace of Decline
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Worldwide personal-computer shipments dropped in the first quarter as consumers in emerging markets opted for smartphones and tablets, while corporate demand helped slow the pace of the decline, researchers said.
Unit sales fell 1.7 percent from a year earlier to 76.6 million, market researcher Gartner Inc. said yesterday in a statement. IDC, another technology-research firm, said quarterly shipments worldwide fell 4.4 percent to 73.4 million.