The worldwide economy may be faltering, but PC sales are in growth mode, according to numbers released Tuesday by Gartner and IDC, two information technology research firms.

Gartner data indicates that worldwide PC sales for the second quarter of 2008 jumped 16 percent, with 71.9 million units sold, compared to 62.0 million sold in the same quarter last year. IDC numbers are similar: the research company calculated a 15.3% increase and 70.6 million units sold.

据两家科技调查公司Gartner和IDC发布的数据显示，在整个世界经济举步不前的时候个人电脑的销售却呈增长趋势。Gartner表明2008年第二季度世界范围内的电脑销售增长了16%，总出货量达到7190万台，去年同期的出货量为6200万台。

Unit sales are up, but revenues are not. The gains were largely the result of lower average selling prices, or ASPs, according to Mika Kitagawa, a Gartner analyst. “In the professional market, IT budgets have tightened, and IT buyers are getting more conservative,” she said. “They’re either canceling contracts or renegotiating prices.”

出货量上去了但是收入并没有随之增长。Gartner的分析师Mika Kitagawa认为出货量的增长主要是因为销售均价更低了。“在专业市场，IT预算紧缩，IT买家也变得保守起来”她补充道：“他们要么取消了合同要么要求重新谈价钱。”

In the U.S., the oft-touted “halo effect” from Apple’s iPods and iPhones looks to be encouraging consumers to try the company’s computers as well. Apple saw U.S. sales jump 38.1% in the quarter, according to Gartner (31.7% says IDC), pushing the company into third place, behind Dell and HP, with an 8.5% market share, compared to 6.4% last year.

在美国iPod和iPhone的招揽顾客的光圈效应看起来吸引了越来越多的人尝试苹果电脑。Gartner 统计显示苹果电脑在美国本季度的出货量增长了38.1%（IDC统计结果为31.7%），市场占有率为8.5%，去年同期为6.4%，苹果公司也成为继戴尔惠普之后第三大电脑生产商。

It displaced Acer, which saw a 20.8% decline in units shipped, largely due to its purchase of Gateway and Packard Bell. Once one PC company acquires another, sales always drop, Ms. Kitagawa said. (IDC says that Apple and Acer are tied with 7.8% U.S. market share.)

While Gartner has not compiled actual ASPs, it notes steep price declines in the home mobile PC market in the U.S. Also, some companies began looking at buying desktop PCs, rather than laptops, as a way to cut costs.

宏基本季度出货量下降了20.8%，主要因为是对Gateway和Packard Bell收购造成的，宏基美国第三的地位也被苹果取代。Ms. Kitagawa说当一家电脑公司收购另一家的时候销售通常会下降。（IDC 说苹果和宏基在美国市场的占有率均为7.8%。）Gartner还没有整理出实际销售均价，但是他们认为家用移动电脑的售价有大幅的下降。此外，一些公司出于降低费用考虑，开始倾向于购买台式机而不是笔记本。

Unit sales were up in every area of the globe: Asia/Pacific was up 18.1%, Latin America was up 23.2%, and Japan saw sales grow by 8.2%.

全球各个地区的出货量都有所增长：亚太地区增长了18.1%，拉美23.2%，日本8.2%。

While Dell dominates the U.S. market, HP is the world-wide market leader, with an 18.1% share compared to Dell’s 15.6%. Apple, number three in the U.S., does not make it into the top five globally on either the Gartner or IDC charts. Those positions are held by Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba.

在美国戴尔是老大，但是在世界范围内是惠普的天下，惠普世界市场的占有率为18.1%而戴尔的为15.6%。无论是根据Gartner 还是IDC的统计表，美国排名第三的苹果电脑没能挤进世界前五。这些位置上分别是宏基，联想和东芝。