Cnet is reporting that we should see a good increase in the amount of PCs shipped by the end of the year.
Although Microsoft's new Vista operating system hasn't provided as big a boost as previously thought, worldwide PC shipments should pass 257 million units by the end of this year, according to the figures compiled by Garter analyst George Shiffler. That's an 11.1-percent increase over the 2006 shipment total of 231.5 million units.
The average selling price in 2007 for desktops and notebooks worldwide is hovering around $852, according to Gartner. That's about $20 above analysts' estimate earlier this year, but Shiffler said the increase in prices--due to the decline of the dollar, higher shipments of notebooks and a small boost by the release of Windows Vista--is likely temporary.
The price increase probably isn't anything. Too bad they didn't break out the average prices separately instead of lumping desktops and laptops together.
The cheapest new Vista PCs I've seen are the GQ models at Fry's. One (Celeron D 3.2GHz, upgradeable to Core 2) was $199 10 days ago online and another one (Sempron w/DVD burner) is $249 in store today and tomorrow. Not bad.
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