Consumer PC Buying: 90 Day Outlook
Sluggish Demand Plus Surge in Tablets Roils the PC Market; Dell and Hewlett-Packard Underperform

May 17, 2011

Previous ChangeWave surveys have shown the tablet market cutting into consumer demand for personal computers. But in the aftermath of Apple's iPad 2 release and the rollout of other competing tablets, how is the PC market holding up?

Not so well, particularly if you're a manufacturer of Netbooks. Between May 2-12, ChangeWave surveyed 3,095 consumers on their PC buying plans going forward, including overall demand trends and the ongoing competition between Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL) and Apple (AAPL).

Report details include:

  • The impact of the Apple iPad and the emerging Tablet market on PC demand
  • Market share competition among major PC manufacturers – next 90 days
  • Most popular Apple computer models
  • Changes in planned buying for PCs and Netbooks

Companies in the Report:

APPLE (AAPL), DELL (DELL), HEWLETT-PACKARD (HPQ)

The complete Consumer PC Buying Report is available here.



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