Loren Loverde
Loren Loverde
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Outside of the industry, there is the stock market decline, concerns about economic trends, oil prices, and the presidential election. Within the industry, consumers are not yet in the upgrade cycle for Windows Millennium Edition, and there aren't really applications demanding faster processors and upgrades.
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Although it is clear that consumer demand in the U.S. is weakening, buying in other regions remains strong. PCs remain the dominant means of accessing the Internet, and a lot of people out there are still buying PCs to get online.
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Hard times persist in the PC market, but vendors are working diligently to stimulate growth and the outlook has started to improve in the United States and Europe.
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HP could have done better. If you look at their growth in the U.S., it was particularly slow.
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This is a good first step. Gateway had solid year-on-year growth, ... Having strong results in the second quarter shows they are getting things in line and that they could have momentum in the second half.
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The drivers are still there for PCs, and that should sustain the healthy growth in our forecast. But one of the primary drivers for our forecast is also portable adoption.
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Over the past couple years we've seen a recovery, but that rate can't be sustained going forward.
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The general good news is that it's another strong quarter.
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Instead of a dramatic effect on PC shipment volume, the delay will probably have a larger impact on PC vendor and Microsoft marketing efforts that will need to be adjusted to fit the release schedule. That will add complexity and cost.
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Maybe we can't keep up the pace, but the market is healthy.
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They keep inventory low. They have very responsive systems, and they have maintained their growth momentum for a long time. In fact, over this whole downturn, they've maintained positive unit growth.
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Some consumers will certainly delay PC purchases until Vista is available, but we expect the delay to shift only moderate volume from the fourth quarter of 2006 into 2007 and will not cause a loss of sales.
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Market growth ahead of forecasts in almost all regions reflects continuing strong demand.