PC market alive and well
Rising demand for notebooks and dropping prices are two signs of the current healthy PC market, according to analysts, says eWeek.com.
Two recent reports from IDC on microprocessor and PC sales indicate that demand for PCs is booming - microprocessor sales shot to $8 billion in the third quarter of 2007, up 14.8%, and PC shipments jumped to 68.5 million units shipped in the quarter, also a 14% rise.
According to the report, laptop processor shipments increased 26.6% in the third quarter, although shipments of chips for desktops and servers also increased.
Alienware offers trade-ins
To make customers` transition to a new PC as easy as possible, Alienware has developed the new AlienExchange Trade-in Programme, according to Boot Daily.
AlienExchange allows anyone who is considering purchasing Alienware products the chance to increase their finances by trading in items such as desktop and notebook systems, computer monitors and gaming consoles.
Customers will receive a quote for the items they want to trade in and as a bonus to current Alienware customers, anyone who trades in their old Alienware system will receive an additional contribution on top of their original trade-in quote toward a new Alienware system.
SSD market heats up
The solid state drive (SSD) market continues to heat up, with new players entering this segment and existing suppliers expanding their product lines to take advantage of expanding opportunities in established markets, according to Web-Feet Research, says Tekrati.
Total revenue in 2012 for SSDs in computing, consumer, enterprise, industrial, military, aerospace and avionic are expected to reach $10.2 billion, growing at rate of 72% per year.
Web-Feet Research says most of this rapid growth will be attributed to PC computing resulting from NAND flash price declines accelerating the adoption of SSDs into the PC space. This will account for 65% of the total revenue in 2012.
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