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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (40572)	12/7/2000 3:22:02 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

PC market to slow down in 2001, IDC says Semiconductor Business News (12/07/00 10:05 a.m. PST) FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The worldwide PC market is expected to de-accelerate in the fourth quarter of 2000--with even slower growth projected for 2001, according to a new report from International Data Corp. here today. Citing what could be sluggish consumer demand in the United States for the next two to three quarters, as well as a depressed European market, the worldwide PC market is projected to grow only 16.6% in 2001, as compared to 18.8% in 2000, according to IDC. Worldwide growth is expected to slow further in the longer term as both business and consumer market saturation increases and growth in emerging markets moderates, IDC said. Even the fourth quarter of this year looks slow. Worldwide PC shipments are projected to reach 40.15 million units in the fourth quarter of 2000, up 19.6% over the like period a year ago and sequential growth of 19.8% from the third period of this year, they said. U.S. consumer spending was strong in the third quarter of this year, but the retail and direct channels are experiencing weak demand in the fourth quarter. IDC believes consumer demand in the United States will remain depressed for two to three quarters before accelerating again. "Even though the fourth-quarter consumer market is weak, the U.S. commercial market is slowly warming," said Roger Kay, an analyst who tracks the industry for IDC. In Western Europe, consumer demand is healthy, but the corporate segment is weak. Asia/Pacific continues to grow, as the market is grew 42.7% in the third quarter. Fourth-quarter shipments in the region are projected to be 33.4% year-on-year, they said. In Japan, fourth-quarter growth projections were revised upward to 29.4%.