As consumers becoming increasingly interested in buying PCs from third-party merchants (instead of directly from a Dell or Apple) an important new outlet for computers is expected to grow.
Direct PC marketers seen at a disadvantage
That outlet is the national and global telecom, where people already go to snap up mobile phones and cellular computer connections.
In a press release on Tuesday, Gartner said it expects that 80 percent of PCs will be bought indirectly, or from third-party merchants, in three years. Today about 74 percent of PCs are, which is up from 67 percent five years ago.
This is obviously not good news for Dell. Perhaps this is partly behind the 63 percent profit drop the company reported last week.
In any event, the trend could play to telecoms as they bundle mini-notebooks with 3G cellular access. Gartner said it anticipates companies will become much more active in the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.
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