This IDC study reviews the performance of the worldwide PC market during the fourth quarter of 2004 and provides a set of tables summarizing the full year 2004.
"The worldwide PC market performed well in the fourth quarter. It managed to produce double-digit growth rates both year on year, as an indication of continued expansion of the installed base, and sequentially, largely as a result of year-end holiday sales and strong consumer activity." ? David Daoud, research manager, United States Quarterly PC Tracker and Personal Computing CIS program