NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of personal computers worldwide is expected to double to about 1.3 billion by 2010, driven by explosive growth in emerging markets such as China, Russia and India, according to a report released on Tuesday by Forrester Research Inc.
China is expected to lead the growth, with 178 million new PC users by 2010, Forrester, a technology research firm, said in a statement.
Some 566 million new PCs are expected to be in use in emerging markets by 2010, based on a study of adoption rates across 16 emerging markets, Forrester said in a statement. The 575 million PCs currently in use globally include about 75 million in emerging markets.
Mature markets in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific are expected to add 150 million new PCs by 2010, according to the study.
Growth in emerging markets will be driven by low-priced PCs made by local companies, Forrester said.
"Today's products from Western PC vendors won't dominate in those markets in the long term," Simon Yates, a senior analyst for Forrester, said in a statement.
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