Artykuł PC sales to suffer biggest drop

the steepest decline - najgwałtowniejszy spadek
The steepest decline to date was in 2001, when sales fell by 3.2%.

demand - popyt, wymaganie, wymagać, żądać
The fall will be the result of slowing demand due to the economic downturn and longer PC lifetimes, Gartner said.

mature markets - dojrzałe rynki (emerging markets - rynki wschodzące)
Both emerging and mature markets for PCs will be badly hit, the company said.

forecast - progrnoza, przewidywać, prognozować
Gartner forecasts that 101.4 million desktop computers will be sold this year, a fall of almost a third on 2008 sales.

estimate - szacować, oceniać
Sales of laptops, however, will rise by 9% to 155.6 million, it estimated.