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IDC has more than halved UK PC shipment forecasts for 2012 on the back of falling demand across much of the commercial space, particularly in public sector. The bean counter had expected growth of 5.4 per cent year-on-year but has downgraded this to just two per cent or 10.9 million boxes being sold into channels. "If you …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    IDC has more than halved UK PC shipment forecasts ?

    Er I you need to rethink your maths there

    IDC has more than halved UK PC shipment GROWTH forecasts.

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  2. Patrick R
    Holmes

    still a large XP installed base

    But you still can run today's software on a 6 years old machine and that's the difference with the pc industry's golden age. This will not translate into massive hardware renewal.

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  3. Flocke Kroes Silver badge

    How does Windows 8 increase demand?

    I thought that when a new version of Windows arrives, you make every effort to keep existing machines running and let other people solve OS version change issues for you.

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