Computers

The market was driven up by inflation and a shift away from cheaper education and consumer devices in favour of higher-value models

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

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

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

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

Chinese giant continues quest to expand client business

Newly single IT heavyweights both see profits droop in Q4

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

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

Suggestions that Microsoft is pinching rival's innovation crown