PC sales drop as consumers buy more laptopsBS Reporter / Mumbai August 29, 2006The global shift from desktops to portable computers seems to have come home to India. After showing strong growth during the previous quarters, the number of desktop PCs sold in the country fell 5% during the first quarter of this financial year, even as the sales of notebook computers rose 16% over the same period. According to market research firm IDC's quarterly PC-market tracker for India, laptops also increased their contribution to nearly 2.2 lakh out of the total 12.5 lakh branded PCs sold in the country in the June quarter.Year-on-year, the overall PC numbers were up 19% while the consumer notebook category, which has seen continued price cuts, saw more than five times the volumes compared to same quarter last year.
