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I never liked firms, or people that try to predict the trends. They’re like the weatherman. Usually wrong, but always in business.

A quote from a New York Times Article

Just one month earlier, Gartner had forecast that PC sales would fall by 12 percent in 2009, which would have been their steepest decline in history.

Ultimately, global PC sales rose more than 5 percent in 2009. The PC market’s relative health stood in contrast to depressed markets for cars, cellphones, televisions and other goods used by people on a daily basis.

So a research firm…predicted in March PC Sales will fall 12% for the year, when really, it rose 5%. Awesome. You need a better dart board, or magic 8 ball.

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