Personal computer sales in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to grow 15 percent this year, the International Data Corp (IDC) said yesterday.
More than 48 million units were sold last year, up 17 percent from 2005 on the back of the growing popularity of notebook computers, which accounted for 27 percent of the shipments, IDC said.
It said in a statement that much of the region's growth last year came from China, India and South Korea.
"Spurred by increasingly affordable new models and healthy competition among the vendors, interest in notebooks also reached record levels," IDC analyst Bryan Ma said.
"2007 should grow by at least 15 percent, which is slightly lower than 2006 due to the increasing sizes of the markets but is still very healthy with the weight of key markets such as China and India behind it," he said.
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