Asia to fuel new PC market boom

Asia to fuel new PC market boom

WASHINGTON: The number of personal computers worldwide will increase to 1.3 billion by 2010, up from 575 million today, Forester Research, an independent technology research company, said on Tuesday.

It said in a report that most of the growth will come from China, India, Indonesia and Mexico.

China will see 178 million new PC users, with advantages going to local makers who can tailor products that are affordable, simple and serviceable.

India will get 80 million new PC users, despite having one of the lowest computer adoption rates in the world.

Indonesia will see 40 million new users with a projected 40 percent growth per year.

Mexico, with a projected 46 percent of the population owning a computer by the end of the decade, has the deepest penetration of PC's as a percentage of population in the emerging markets.-- AFP