All-in-one PCs to make a comeback in 2010: IDC

Bangalore: Market researcher IDC has predicted that the market share of all-in-one PCs will stage a comeback in 2010 as lack of differentiation in the portable market along with a slowdown in the growth of netbook sales make the full-loaded PCs a better deal, reports eweek.com.

According to IDC, virtual desktops, WiMAX and a return to desktops are in the forecast. Last year's economic lag directly caused PC prices to take a nosedive. However, IDC thinks the average selling price of PCs will stay put in 2010 thanks to stronger demand from businesses and consumers. The loser is the mininotebook or Netbook. Further, 2009 was the climax for Netbook market growth and share, pointing to falling prices of portable PCs and lack of differentiation when stacked up against a fully loaded PC.

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Portable PCs will also remain on their exponential trajectory, accounting for more than 60 percent of all PC shipments. Yet, emerging markets looking for a more affordable solution will look to desktops, slowing the purchases of portable PCs slightly. IDC predicts that market share of all-in-one desktops will double. Consumer interest combined with economic recovery in the commercial sector will fuel shipment growth and help the all-in-one desktop capture nearly 10 percent of 2010's worldwide desktop market.