Charles Smulders
Charles Smulders
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Vendors must find ways to persuade end-users to replace their PCs more frequently, ... Dataquest believes that the new generation of small form-factor PCs will be instrumental in making this happen.
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Notebook computers now offer much of the functionality of desktops, and consumers and businesses alike are spending the extra for the added benefit of mobility. In that sense, mobile growth is coming at the expense of desk-based PCs to some extent.
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It continues to be a very difficult market, and until we see an economic upturn, we should continue to expect that to be the case.
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The downturn in growth is concrete evidence that saturation in key segments is playing an increasingly important role in overall market growth, with new shipments unable to mask the effects of economic cycles on replacement buying,
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In the first quarter of 2006, emerging markets and consumer demand in the mature regions were the major growth engines on a worldwide basis. Mobile demand remains strong worldwide, but in the U.S. desktop consumer market demand increased in response to renewed price competition.
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Emerging markets and consumer demand in the mature regions were the major growth engines on a worldwide basis.
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The biggest blunder U.S. companies have made is failing to take into account the nature of local conditions. Failing to understand specific country markets and applying a U.S.-centric model is a recipe for failure.
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I think it may change buying behaviors of people who were willing to wait until the end of the year. They may choose to buy now instead.
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Hewlett-Packard significantly narrowed the unit share gap between it and Dell on a worldwide basis compared with a year ago.
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In the United States, installed-base saturation is becoming an increasingly significant factor in determining overall commercial market growth rates, ... Saturation is forcing vendors to deliver new types of systems to maintain solid growth rates.
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Strong market growth continued to be driven by lower prices and mobility in the third quarter. These factors sped up new PC adoption and replacement activities. Overall market growth exceeded expectations, with home demand for mobile being particularly strong.
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With Vista further out in the future, sales are less likely to slow down now.
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Vendors will continue to look for ways to reach new audiences. The key determining factor on channel choice is profitability. I don't think we will see Dell moving into third-party retail anytime soon for that reason.