2007 PC Shipments On Track: iSuppli
By Doug Olenick -- TWICE, 7/25/2007 7:52:00 AM
The projection has computer shipments meeting iSuppli’s initial estimate made earlier this year.
The research firm based its forecast on Intel’s second-quarter financial results, which showed the chip giant with record microprocessor shipments, and the fact that the second half of the year generally accounts for about 53 percent of a year’s total computer sales.
The company also noted that while notebooks are the leading driver behind shipments, desktop PCs shipments showed encouraging improvement compared with 2006.
| iSuppli Figure: Worldwide Historical First and Second Half Splits for PC Shipments | |||||||
| (Percentage of Unit Shipments) 2003-2007 | |||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| First Half | 46.6% | 47.7% | 46.4% | 47.0% | 46.3% | ||
| Second Half | 53.4% | 52.3% | 53.6% | 53.0% | 53.7% | ||
