Indian PC market has grown by 20% in 2007. The consumer PC category is transitioning from a desktop-centric to a notebook-centric phase of growth.
Buoyed by increased demand, the total personal computer sales in the country registered a growth of 28 per cent during the October-December, 2006, quarter to 1.39 million units.
Aimed at tapping first time PC users in the Hindi belt, Microsoft Corporation India on Thursday rolled out its operating system Windows XP Starter Edition in Hindi.
During the third quarter of 2007, the overall Indian personal computer (notebooks and desktop combined) market grew 25.1 per cent year-on-year, in terms of unit shipments, to 1.8 million. For the same period last year, desktop PC shipments showed growth of 10.9 per cent.
With home markets expanding to 26.4 per cent of the total personal computer (PC) sales, PC shipments in India reached over 2.2 million units in the third quarter of 2007. An increase of 19.7 per cent over the same period in 2006, according to Gartner.
Revising its earlier projection of 27 lakh units, Manufacturers Association of Information Technology on Thursday said personal computer sales during the current fiscal would cross 30 lakh units.
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Leading white goods manufacturer, LG Electronics would invest nearly Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) this year in India towards expansion of its existing manufacturing facilities.
Various government agencies are probing an incident of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Delhi's server remaining out of service for the second consecutive day.
Investigators have found nothing suspicious in the initial search of a home-made flight simulator, personal computers and e-mails of the pilots of the missing Malaysian plane, amid continued speculation over the fate of the aircraft carrying 239 people.
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India is 'relatively under-computerised' with only 4 million personal computers, as against China where the penetration of PCs stood at around 18 million, Microsoft Corporation Chief Executive Officer Steven A Ballmer said.
The police are maintaining surveillance on private madrasas across Assam for any "suspicious activities" and necessary action will be taken if there are any inputs in this regard, he said.
After having depended largely on direct online marketing since 1990s, Dell's personal computers are now on sale in Wal-Mart stores in the US and Puerto Rico.
The PC assembling segment has held firm despite stiff competition from branded players.
The firm has started shipping PCs to the neighbouring country and volumes would increase from next month, general manager (sales and marketing, consumer products group), S Rajendran, said.
"We will launch sub-Rs 20,000 PCs in the next three months," HP General Manager (Consumer Sales) V Krishnan told reporters in Kolkata on Thursday.
Strong demand from Europe, Canada and Latin America pushed the sale of personal computers by 15 per cent to 39.7 million in the second quarter of 2004, according to a study.
With the first Dell personal computers going on sale in Wal-Mart Stores in the US and Puerto Rico, the $56 billion company is reportedly planning to sell its PCs through retail stores in Asia (including India) and Australia.
Desktops, on the other hand, grew by 11 per cent year-on-year and, surprisingly, registered a 3.6 per cent increase in their average selling value.
Personal computer sales crossed 36.3 lakh units during 2004-05, registering a growth of 20 per cent over 2003-04 on the back of strong household sales.
Dell is in the process of launching low cost personal computer at about 238 dollar (Rs 10,000) across the world, including India.
Dell Inc. is facing the wrath of Chinese netizens following reports that a Dell salesperson sent an e-mail discouraging former IBM clients in America from buying products made by Chinese IT giant, Lenovo, which recently acquired the personal computer
Sony India on Thursday declared a 20 per cent sales growth for the year ended March 31, 2004, and said it plans to launch VAIO personal computers in India over the next few months.
Six persons, including three Delhi Police personnel, were remanded in three-day police custody by a court for allegedly obtaining call detail records of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley.
World's largest chip maker Intel on Wednesday launched a personal computer platform that was conceived and largely designed in India to suit the rural environment.
China's Lenovo Group won the crucial security clearance from the United States to acquire IBM's personal computer business, which was opposed by some American lawmakers, the state media reported on Wednesday.
In the overall client PC market, MNC vendor HP retained the top slot with a market share of 17 per cent, followed by HCL at 13per cent, and Lenovo at 7 per cent in terms of unit shipments.\n\n
A month after IBM sold off its PC biz to Lenovo Group, its shareholders approved the company's acquisition of IBM's personal-computer division on Thursday.
Steve Felice, Dell president (Asia Pacific and Japan), calls it an "aspirational goal". But his intent is clear: Dell is aiming for market leadership in the Indian personal computer market in a few years from now.
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