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To: Captain Jack who wrote (77752)	2/9/2000 1:10:00 AM
From: MikeyT	Respond to of 97611

Captain, I like number 5 on the headline list. -- Compaq ousts Toshiba as No. 1 in portable PCs Mikey

To: Captain Jack who wrote (77752)	2/9/2000 11:04:00 AM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

Toshiba pushed out of No. 1 spot in European PC market BRUSSELS, Feb. 9 (Kyodo) -- Japan's Toshiba Corp. has lost its five-year domination of Europe's personal computer (PC) market to U.S. computer giant Compaq Computer Corp., The Wall Street Journal Europe reported Wednesday. Toshiba's shares in the European market fell to 16.3% in the fourth quarter of 1999, outstripped by Houston-based Compaq, which boosted its share to 17.2%, the paper said, quoting figures from U.S. research firm Dataquest. Toshiba, whose market share peaked in the first quarter of 1998 at 30%, was the only leading portable PC vender out of the top 10 to see fourth-quarter unit sales decline from the previous year, it said. Despite lackluster growth in the corporate sector, better than expected Christmas sales to individual consumers boosted total sales of portable PCs in Europe by 23%, it said. More than 1.4 million units were sold in Europe in the fourth quarter. The paper said the Japanese company was caught off-balance by component shortages and booming demand from consumers. It quoted a Dataquest official as saying Toshiba has lost the technical edge it used to enjoy over its competitors. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) came in third in the European PC market, followed by Dell Computer Corp. and Acer Group of Taiwan. -0- * end of story *