The need to replace aging PCs and upgrade to Windows 7 will cause companies to start spending on computers again next year, said Intel chief executive Paul Otellini.
“I think corporations’ capital budgets got clamped down fairly aggressively at the end of last year,” Otellini told The Financial Times on Thursday. “But in terms of PC refresh, I would expect that now to happen in 2010. The fleet of PCs is getting fairly aged; most corporate notebooks are now over 4 years old, desktops are over 5 years old, they need to refresh.”
Otellini said Microsoft’s launch of Windows 7 next month will have a big impact on corporate spending: “I think that Windows 7 will help drive a refresh in corporations, and we’re cautiously optimistic we’ll see that in 2010.” Dow Jones Newswires; Associated Press file photo
