The PC market: $170m in Q4

The local PC market (desktop computers, notebooks and servers) increased by 16.9%, in terms of the number of units sold in the fourth quarter (October – December 2006), according to a study conducted by research company IDC. According to sources from the market, the number of PCs sold in the fourth quarter of the year stood at over 200,000, and their value was of approximately 170 million dollars (130 million euros). The biggest number of units delivered to the local market was that of desktop PCs, with a 74.9% market share, followed by notebooks (23.7%) and servers (1.4%). According to IDC, the number of notebooks sold in Q4 increased by 59.2%, while the value of mobile computers increased by 46.5%. The company did not give details on the number of units delivered or on the value of the sales. “The sales of notebooks are once again seeing the highest increase – in the last quarter of 2006, 59.2% more units were sold than in the fourth quarter of 2005,” Calin Mirea, Research Analyst at IDC Romania, said commenting on the results of the local PC market.