Computers

Price hikes keeping distie PC sales afloat

Computers

Price hikes keeping distie PC sales afloat

Volume drops, but price rises enable revenues to increase for business-targeted PC sales by European distributors

clock 01 February 2018 •
Channel sales boom for mini PCs in Q1

Hardware

Channel sales boom for mini PCs in Q1

Smaller units accounted for one in four desktops shipped by western European distributors, according to Context stats

clock 20 April 2017 •
EMEA PC market sees 'stabilisation' in Q4 as B2B notebooks thrive

Vendor

EMEA PC market sees 'stabilisation' in Q4 as B2B notebooks thrive

Rare good news for client sector, although individual countries show mixed performance

clock 25 January 2017 •
Apple and Acer hit hardest by fifth consecutive year of PC market decline

Research

Apple and Acer hit hardest by fifth consecutive year of PC market decline

Five of the world's top six manufacturers saw shipments decline last year, Gartner figures reveal

clock 12 January 2017 •
Lenovo linked to Samsung PC division buyout

PCs

Lenovo linked to Samsung PC division buyout

Chinese giant continues quest to expand client business

clock 25 November 2016 •
Whitman fingers Brexit for European sales freeze as HP and HPE stutter to end of first year

Vendor

Whitman fingers Brexit for European sales freeze as HP and HPE stutter to end of first year

Newly single IT heavyweights both see profits droop in Q4

clock 23 November 2016 •
IT goods among hardest hit as western European consumer tech spending drops in Q3

Research

IT goods among hardest hit as western European consumer tech spending drops in Q3

GfK data shows market bellwether Germany declining faster than the rest of the region

clock 22 November 2016 •
Microsoft halts sales of every OS but Windows 10

Vendor

Microsoft halts sales of every OS but Windows 10

OEMs no longer able to pre-install Windows 7.1 or Windows 8

clock 02 November 2016 •
Market watchers give new MacBook Pro tepid reception

Vendor

Market watchers give new MacBook Pro tepid reception

Suggestions that Microsoft is pinching rival's innovation crown

clock 30 October 2016 •
B2B laptops defy PC market gloom

PCs

B2B laptops defy PC market gloom

IDC EMEA figures bring rare piece of welcome news for the client channel

clock 25 October 2016 •
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