After two quarters of positive growth, worldwide PC shipments totalled 92.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 1.4 per cent decline from the same quarter last year, according to Gartner, an information technology research and advisory firm.
However, Gartner analysts said a major impact will be felt, and this is expected to materialise in the first half of 2012, and potentially continue through 2012. These shortages will temporarily lower shipment growth during 2012.
"Continuously low PC demand resulted in weak holiday shipments," said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner.
"While economic uncertainty in Western Europe had an effect on shipments, expectations of a healthier economic outlook in North America could not stimulate demand. Healthy professional PC market and growth in emerging markets could not compensate for the weaknesses in
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