Global PC market braces for decline

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A predicted 18.1 per cent plunge in desktop shipments will drive annual decline in unit shipments

The global PC market will suffer a decline in unit shipments in 2009 for the first time since the dot com bust of 2001, according to market watcher iSuppli. Global shipments are anticipated to...

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