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To: DJBEINO who wrote (42210)	1/13/1999 3:12:00 PM
From: SgtPepper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53903

More Hype: <<World PC Shipments To Top 100 Mln In '99: Nomura Research Global shipments of personal computers will grow 15.4% in 1999 to 106 million machines, according to a report released Wednesday by Nomura Research Institute Ltd. >> Fact: <<Shipments rose 9.5% in 1998 to 91.8 million, registering single-digit!! growth for the first time in seven years, preliminary data shows. Shipments of desktop PCs increased 9.2%, while those of laptops advanced 10.6% >>

To: DJBEINO who wrote (42210)	1/13/1999 3:25:00 PM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 53903

Shipments, shmipments -- how many of them are being sold to actual end-users? If that's all unit sales go up by (and they probably won't) total increase in revenues will go negative ...