TotalRecall
10-29-2002, 07:36 PM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese personal computer makers on Tuesday slashed their forecast for domestic PC sales this business year to slightly over 10 million units, opening the way for China to overtake Japan as the world's second-biggest PC market.
As Japan's economy muddles along, businesses and consumers are putting off information technology investments and purchases of new PCs, but China's info-tech market is enjoying accelerated growth, with domestic PC shipments expected to increase to 13 million units this year, an industry body said.
Read more: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1650152)
As Japan's economy muddles along, businesses and consumers are putting off information technology investments and purchases of new PCs, but China's info-tech market is enjoying accelerated growth, with domestic PC shipments expected to increase to 13 million units this year, an industry body said.
Read more: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1650152)