IDC says PC market hitting limits of growth, but Computing research begs to differ

Charlee Gothard
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75 per cent of Computing readers plan to buy laptops or desktops for staff in 2013 or 2014

Research company IDC has estimated a second year of decline in the PC desktop market. "IDC now expects 2013 PC shipments to decline by 1.3 per cent in 2013," says IDC's report, pointing to a shi...

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