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For the full year, worldwide PC factory shipments totaled 90 million, with Compaq accounting for 13.2 million of the PC units, according to IDC.
But Michael Dell told analysts it could take a while for sales of the device to ramp up, saying that he has heard estimates from Microsoft that the new devices are likely to account for just 1% to 2% of total PC units shipped through the middle of next year.
H-P, he said, was slow to react to market forces, including the shift to the cloud… One IT executive said the breakup of H-P followed the pattern established by its rival, IBM, which has sold its server as well as its PC units to rival Lenovo Group Ltd. to focus on business services.
Optimistic forecasts talk about 11% growth in PC units.
The TV and PC units have been a big drag on its earnings in recent years.
PC units will grow about 18% to 360 million in 2010, Winoto predicted.
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News reports have suggested IBM may sell its PC unit to Lenovo Group, China's largest maker of PCs.
"It is totally a laptop," said Alexandra Loeb, vice president for Microsoft's Tablet PC unit.
IDC said PC unit shipments in the second quarter rose 14.5percentt from the period a year earlier, below its estimate of 15percentt.
H.P. said it would take 12 to 18 months to decide what to do with the PC unit.
A spinoff of the PC unit would also reverse H.P.'s $25 billion acquisition of Compaq in 2002.
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