Approximately one of 7 inhabitants of the planet currently uses a PC
According to analysis firm Gartner, the number of PCs that are currently in use (not sold) in the world reached 1 billion and will double by 2014.
Growth will be supported in particular by developing countries, which now represents 42% of this market, but whose contribution will increase in 6 years up to 70%.
In a population recent estimated at around 6.8 billion, this means that on average one of 7 inhabitants of the planet currently uses a PC.
According to analysis firm Gartner, the number of PCs that are currently in use (not sold) in the world reached 1 billion and will double by 2014.Growth will be supported in particular by developing countries, which now represents 42% of this market, but whose contribution will increase in 6 years up to 70%.
In a population recent estimated at around 6.8 billion, this means that on average one of 7 inhabitants of the planet currently uses a PC.According to Gartner, this growth creates problems to the environment. Only this year will be replaced 180 million PCs, 35 million of them will be thrown to the dogs without measures recycling toxic components and heavy degradable materials from them. |
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