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To: J. D. Main who wrote (137863)	7/27/1999 5:58:00 PM
From: J. D. Main	Respond to of 176387

Pilgrims.....Let me contribute something.....I can live with this--> European PC Shipments Rise 18.4% on Cheaper PCs, Internet Use European PC Shipments Rise 18.4% on Cheaper PCs, Internet Use London, July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Personal computer shipments rose 18.4 percent in Western Europe during the second quarter as lower PC prices, Internet use and purchases ahead of the year 2000 date change fueled sales. Compaq Computers Corp. led the market with an 18.6 percent share, compared with 10.7 percent for Dell Computers Corp., according to International Data Corp. However, Dell grew faster with shipments rising 40 percent, challenging Compaq's dominance. In total, 5.89 million units were sold in Western Europe. Europe lagged the U.S. where shipments increased 35 percent. On a worldwide basis, PC shipments rose 27 percent. As lower prices shrunk margins, PC makers paired computers with Internet access, providing one for free to make money on the other. While Dell offered free Internet access to buyers of its machines in Europe, the U.K.'s Tiny Computers Ltd., offered PCs for free to users of its Internet and phone services. ''The growth was marginally higher than we forecast,'' said Andy Brown, a PC analyst at IDC, in an interview. ''Lower prices and millennium compatibility remain strong factors.'' International Business Machines Inc. followed in the third place with 10.2 percent share of the market. Its shipments rose 47 percent, compared with Compaq whose shipments rose only 17.6 percent, lagging the market average. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Siemens AG followed in the fourth and fifth place. The report did not take into account the recent venture joining the computer units of Siemens and Fujitsu Ltd. Among the major markets, France led the market with shipments rising 27 percent. Sweden, which had seen record sales last year on employee purchase schemes, saw shipments fall 33 percent in the second quarter. NYSE/AMEX delayed 20 min. NASDAQ I like the part that says: Dell grew faster with shipments rising 40 percent, challenging Compaq's dominance......J.D.