Apple to buck the trend in sour computer market, says analyst

Apple will be one of the few companies to thrive this year in the midst of weak computer buying from the corporate crowd.

Global corporate spending on Windows PCs and tablets fell by 4 percent last year, according to a report out yesterday from Forrester Research. Spending is likely to be flat this year as companies slowly replace old Windows PCs with new Windows 8 devices.

But Apple is "one vendor that will buck this trend," the research firm said in its report. The company is expected to sell $7 billion worth of Macs and $11 billion