PC Sales Slip Less-Than-Projected 1.7 Percent, IDC Says
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Worldwide personal-computer shipments fell 1.7 percent in the second quarter, a smaller drop than estimated as demand in the U.S., Europe and Canada helped make up for declines in Asia, researcher IDC said.
Shipments slipped to 74.4 million units from 75.7 million a year earlier, the smallest quarterly drop in two years, the market researcher said in a statement today. IDC had predicted a decline of 7.1 percent. Unit sales in the U.S. rose 6.9 percent.