Used computers
According to a Gartner report more used computers could be reused; only 44% of computers entering the secondary market end up in the hands of a new owner, despite the fact that worldwide demand for such computers is greater than supply.
Gartner states that export tariffs and high transportation costs are restricting exports from mature markets to emerging markets. Environmental legislation is also making it harder for low-volume players to compete.
Demand is growing fastest in the emerging markets, in particular China. The largest exporters of secondary PCs are North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia.
As pressure increases on developing countries to accept used PCs as a viable technology solution for more basic computing tasks such as Internet surfing and Web e-mail, demand is likely to grow.
But competition for second-hand PCs is increasing as the average selling price of new PCs falls, and as buyers increasingly prefer notebooks with the most-recent specifications, or ultralow-cost mini-notebooks.
Nevertheless, ‘We expect that most buyers of used PCs will prefer a higher-specification A-branded PC over a basic mini-notebook.’
Source: PC World
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