PC ownership to 'double by 2010'

[pascal]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4095737.stm

The growth will be driven by emerging markets such as China, Russia and India, the report predicted.

More than a third of all new PCs will be in these markets, with China adding 178 million new PCs by 2010, it said.

This is a huge market

 

[digitalwanderer]

So again falls another "death of the pc" prophecy.

 

[pascal]

Yes. And probably a large share (maybe most) of these PCs will be low cost with everything onboard (video, sound, net, mATX mobo).
This is what most people buy in Brazil.

 

[London Geezer]

Yes. And probably a large share (maybe most) of these PCs will be low cost with everything onboard (video, sound, net, mATX mobo).
This is what most people buy in Brazil.

Which basically means - no progress at all. In my opinion.

 

[hey69]

nice days ahead for mister bill gates.. but I doubt, they will sell 170 mil copies of windows over there

 

[pascal]

Yes. And probably a large share (maybe most) of these PCs will be low cost with everything onboard (video, sound, net, mATX mobo).
This is what most people buy in Brazil.

Which basically means - no progress at all. In my opinion.

The large scalle economics maybe can bring some good progress/evolution to integrated mobos. For example think about a northbridge with integrated powervr technology. Or maybe some edram. What about soundstorm. Now multiple that by hundreds of millions of mobos market

Is XBOX an all onboard mobo?

 

[London Geezer]

Yes. And probably a large share (maybe most) of these PCs will be low cost with everything onboard (video, sound, net, mATX mobo).
This is what most people buy in Brazil.

Which basically means - no progress at all. In my opinion.

The large scalle economics maybe can bring some good progress/evolution to integrated mobos. For example think about a northbridge with integrated powervr technology. Or maybe some edram. What about soundstorm. Now multiple that by hundreds of millions of mobos market

Is XBOX an all onboard mobo?

We'll have to wait and see, but untill all thos emillions have an X800 in them, ther will be no progress. In my opinion.