The number of personal computers in use globally will almost double by the end of the decade, but that won't necessarily mean good news for Western PC makers, according to a new study by Forrester Research.
By 2010, mature markets in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific will have added 150 million new PCs, while emerging markets will have added 566 million new computers, the market researcher has predicted. Overall, there will be 1.3 billion PCs, up from 575 million today, Forrester said. The number of PCs in emerging markets will grow at a 31 percent compounded annual growth rate, the company said.
Competition for market share will pit industry leaders such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard against local emerging market manufacturers, Forrester predicts. Price will be the key driver of the pace of adoption, the company said.
According to Forrester, IBM's recent sale of its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group reflects the company's belief that most growth in the PC market will come from emerging markets and will be led by local companies. Forrester also said that the high rate of growth in developing countries will be good news for Linux, because these areas have no legacy of using Windows--so local PC makers will use the open-source operating system to keep prices down.
"Local PC makers like Lenovo Group in China and Aquarius in Russia that can better tailor the PC form factor, price point and applications to their local markets will ultimately win the market share battle," Forrester senior analyst Simon Yates said in a release.
Forrester said China will add 178 million new PC users, while India will get 80 million new PC users by 2010. There will be 40 million new PC users in Indonesia. In Mexico, 46 percent people will own a PC, giving it the deepest PC penetration of all 16 emerging markets that Forrester analyzed.
The markets analyzed in the study include China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Russia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, Egypt, Ethiopia, Turkey, Iran and Thailand.
According to Forrester research there will be more than a billion PC's by 2010,which seem's very promising and interesting!
I am just wondering what other associated industries that are linked to this development in someway,either as a service provider or any other stakeholder is doing to keep up with this enormous growth?
I am also wondering about the impact of this growth on western economies!
I have had the opportunity of experiencing the tech effect in the Indian sub-continent and also the good fortune of knowing that technology is boring to many in the United Kingdom!
While the market in the Indian sub-continent is very much disorganised,and the UK or other western market's are very organised?
I have seen families in Bangladesh and India buying their first family computer in 2002,like I saw the enthusiasm for "Color Television" in the early 90's!
In the Indian sub-continent,People believe that Information Technolgy can change lives and create a better future,while my understanding of the common notion in the UK about technologies like the Internet only serve as an entertainment medium !
This would be a good guide for those interested in the Indian sub-continent or other PC market's,that we are going through some sort of technology transfer process !
So in the very near future we might not only see Insurance Companies locating their call centre's to rural "Rajasthan" !But there is the faint possiblity of Indian Housewives providing online services catering to Curry enthusiast's in rural Lancashire !
I think Private organisation that are willing to understand different Culture's and Social norm's,will and can positively exploit this tech boom...
According to Forrester research there will be more than a billion PC's by 2010,which seem's very promising and interesting!
I am just wondering what other associated industries that are linked to this development in someway,either as a service provider or any other stakeholder is doing to keep up with this enormous growth?
I am also wondering about the impact of this growth on western economies!
I have had the opportunity of experiencing the tech effect in the Indian sub-continent and also the good fortune of knowing that technology is boring to many in the United Kingdom!
While the market in the Indian sub-continent is very much disorganised,and the UK or other western market's are very organised?
I have seen families in Bangladesh and India buying their first family computer in 2002,like I saw the enthusiasm for "Color Television" in the early 90's!
In the Indian sub-continent,People believe that Information Technolgy can change lives and create a better future,while my understanding of the common notion in the UK about technologies like the Internet only serve as an entertainment medium !
This would be a good guide for those interested in the Indian sub-continent or other PC market's,that we are going through some sort of technology transfer process !
So in the very near future we might not only see Insurance Companies locating their call centre's to rural "Rajasthan" !But there is the faint possiblity of Indian Housewives providing online services catering to Curry enthusiast's in rural Lancashire !
I think Private organisations that are willing to understand different Culture's and Social norm's,will and can positively exploit this tech boom...
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I am just wondering what other associated industries that are linked to this development in someway,either as a service provider or any other stakeholder is doing to keep up with this enormous growth?
I am also wondering about the impact of this growth on western economies!
I have had the opportunity of experiencing the tech effect in the Indian sub-continent and also the good fortune of knowing that technology is boring to many in the United Kingdom!
While the market in the Indian sub-continent is very much disorganised,and the UK or other western market's are very organised?
I have seen families in Bangladesh and India buying their first family computer in 2002,like I saw the enthusiasm for "Color Television" in the early 90's!
In the Indian sub-continent,People believe that Information Technolgy can change lives and create a better future,while my understanding of the common notion in the UK about technologies like the Internet only serve as an entertainment medium !
This would be a good guide for those interested in the Indian sub-continent or other PC market's,that we are going through some sort of technology transfer process !
So in the very near future we might not only see Insurance Companies locating their call centre's to rural "Rajasthan" !But there is the faint possiblity of Indian Housewives
providing online services catering to Curry enthusiast's in rural Lancashire !
I think Private organisation that are willing to understand different Culture's and Social norm's,will and can positively exploit this tech boom...
I am just wondering what other associated industries that are linked to this development in someway,either as a service provider or any other stakeholder is doing to keep up with this enormous growth?
I am also wondering about the impact of this growth on western economies!
I have had the opportunity of experiencing the tech effect in the Indian sub-continent and also the good fortune of knowing that technology is boring to many in the United Kingdom!
While the market in the Indian sub-continent is very much disorganised,and the UK or other western market's are very organised?
I have seen families in Bangladesh and India buying their first family computer in 2002,like I saw the enthusiasm for "Color Television" in the early 90's!
In the Indian sub-continent,People believe that Information Technolgy can change lives and create a better future,while my understanding of the common notion in the UK about technologies like the Internet only serve as an entertainment medium !
This would be a good guide for those interested in the Indian sub-continent or other PC market's,that we are going through some sort of technology transfer process !
So in the very near future we might not only see Insurance Companies locating their call centre's to rural "Rajasthan" !But there is the faint possiblity of Indian Housewives
providing online services catering to Curry enthusiast's in rural Lancashire !
I think Private organisations that are willing to understand different Culture's and Social norm's,will and can positively exploit this tech boom...