1 Billion

Former Member

IT consultants Gartner Dataquest reported that sales of home PC's reached the one billion mark in April of this year. If the current rate of sales continues, another billion will be in the hands of Joe Public by 2008.

Surely there this sort of expansion and growing numbers can't keep going?! The scary thing is these figures don't include PC's built by users etc - only the ones sold.

Former Member

Its not that hard to believe is it?

More and more things are becoming automated by computer and more businesses are turning to computers to do each of the tasks required... as well as with the current speed increases of machines people are needing to replace them every few years

Its kind of like cars in a sense, there are now record numbers of people driving and these figures are likely to continue to rise

Former Member

Exactly. With business's using more and more machines and with computers becoming more and more affordable to more people for home use. I wouldn't be surprised if kids with internet access were officially found to be at an advantage because of the sheer amount of information at their fingertips. Then there's the word processing etc. School was a contributing factor in buying my family's first PC (but then so was Unreal Tournament )

It will slow down eventually - it's gotta.

Former Member

To be honest nowadays I don't think you live without a computer by your side, and i'd say that another billion would be sold even sooner than that.