PC shipments to fall off cliff in 2009

PC shipments are expected to decline 11.9% to 257 million units in 2009. Until now, the worst decline in PC shipments was in 2001, the height of the tech-bust-fueled recession. That year, unit shipments contracted 3.2%, according to Gartner.

The forecast Monday was largely expected, as technology heavyweights like Dell, HP and Microsoft had issued lackluster earnings and forecasts.

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