Floods severely disrupted Thailand’s PC market in 4Q11 and the impact extends into 2012, says IDC

Thailand’s PC market in 4Q 2011 plunged 40% sequentially and 14% year-on-year (YoY) due to rampant floods in the country which badly disrupted supplies in hard disk drives (HDD). The flooding situation plagued the nation for most of 4Q 2011 and caused demand for PCs to fall drastically. The disaster also devastated the supply chain [...]