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Asia computer sales up 38 percent in Q1
(Volume 26, No. 520)
SALES of personal computers in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan rose 38 percent in the first quarter from last year, driven by demand for notebooks, industry consultancy group IDC said last week.
“The sun is really shining now with economic confidence improving by the day,” said IDC analyst Bryan Ma in a statement.
“Regardless of whether consumers really latch on to tablets later this year or not, the need for consumers in Asia to be connected online is tremendous enough to keep pushing the PC market ahead.”
The Asian Development Bank said on April 20 that Asia’s developing economies would grow 7.5pc this year – outpacing the 5.2pc seen in 2009 – although this would slow slightly to 7.3pc in 2011.
IDC said that “consumer notebooks remained the key driver, lifting almost all countries in the region to a double-digit year-on-year growth”. – AFP
