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User Survey Analysis: Secondary PC Market Offers Growing Opportunity
16 September 2008
 
Meike Escherich   Charles Smulders  

Approximately 197 million PCs were retired in 2007, but although worldwide demand is still larger than supply, fewer than half found their way into reuse. In this report, we provide an analysis of some of the major issues surrounding the secondary PC market.







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Table of Contents


    
 Key Findings and Recommendations

    
 Introduction and Survey Objectives

    
 Methodology Statement

    
 Data Insights

    
 The Economies of Refurbishment
    
 Secondary PC Flow
    
 Market Drivers and Inhibitors
    
 Demand and Supply Regions
    
 Overall Market Size and Outlook

    
 Methodology

    
 Recommended Reading


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Table 1.  
 Market Drivers and Inhibitors
 

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Figure 1. 
 Secondary PC Flow, Worldwide, 2007
 

Figure 2. 
 Supply Markets, 2007
 

Figure 3. 
 Demand Markets, 2007
 



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