The world has a billion PCs, says Gartner

The world now has more than a billion PCs, according to Gartner, and the total should reach two billion early in 2014.

"We forecast just over 180 million PCs -- approximately 16% of the existing installed base -- will be replaced this year," said Meike Escherich, principal research analyst at Gartner. "We estimate a fifth of these, or some 35 million PCs, will be dumped into landfill with little or no regard for their toxic content."



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