Worldwide one billion People exceeded the number of
PCs in 2008. Found over 60% in mature markets like the United States,
Europe and Japan. Despite the economic crisis in the second quarter of
2008, growth was 16%, but is expected to decline 6% in 2009, despite the
growth in countries like China, India and Brazil, for the rapid pace of
adoption of the information society in these countries and also by the tendency
for lowering costs. In Europe, the percentage of households with computers
is very high, above 55%. Spain with 46% is below the European average. In
regard to the type of computers, desktops are more widespread than laptops in
all European Union countries. This is due in large part on that until
recently, laptops were priced well above the desk and had a lower performance.
