To: Gottfried who wrote (4732 ) 1/4/2003 1:54:48 PM From: Lizzie Tudor Read Replies (1) | Respond to Nothing is any good for prediction. For some hardware segments, like workstations and PCs, the problem is clearly a consequence of Moore's Law—falling prices [see "Tackling the Chip Glut" at spectrum.ieee.org ]. Unit shipments of workstations remained steady at around 1 456 000 in both 2001 and 2002 and are projected to rise in 2003 to 1 486 000, but revenues are falling from $6.4 billion in 2001 to a projected $5.1 billion in 2003. Unit shipments of desktop PCs also languished. They barely increased in 2002 from 2001 (the first year since 1985 that sales shrank), but look poised to rise from 98 million to 107 million units, or 8.6 percent, in 2003, thanks to strength in Asia. Revenues will be up, too, though just barely—3.1 percent, according to Gartner's projections. spectrum.ieee.org any worldwide PC unit expansion. Hope thats right.weren't in a recession? IT mgrs have to be asking themselves this.
