The Australian computer market has bucked seasonal trends to show a stronger than expected growth in the first quarter of 2003.
Despite Australia posting an increase of more than 10 percent in PC sales last quarter, industry analysts predict escalating tensions between the USA, North Korea and Iraq will have an unsettling influence on buying patterns in the second half of this year.
Australian PC sales have tumbled considerably in the second quarter of this year, according to an IDC report, which attributes the problem to consumers not upgrading their PC's.
Despite flat PC sales worldwide, the Asia Pacific region is experiencing strong growth, according to IDC.
IDC has yet to release its final second-quarter figures for PC shipments, but the market researcher is already offering a more dire prediction for market growth.
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A third of today's top 10 manufacturers could exit the PC business by 2007, according to a new report.
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After adding it back as an option for small businesses, Dell offers the older OS on consumer machines in response to demand in the US.
Lindows.com, maker of a Linux-based operating system originally designed to run popular Windows programs, is offering PC makers a flat-rate licensing plan for its OS, in contrast to the per-unit fees charged by Microsoft and others.
Intel will unveil later this year a new double-jointed prototype portable computer, designed to get people thinking about what's next for notebook PCs.
The shape is shifting for tablet PCs as hardware makers including Intel, HP and Toshiba test computer buyers' tolerance for offbeat designs.
Is Dell -- the last major international PC manufacturer to use Intel processors exclusively -- testing the waters for home PCs based on Advanced Micro Devices processors?
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