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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (27929)	1/29/1999 6:23:00 PM
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Surveys: World PC shipments rebound By Brooke Crothers Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 29, 1999, 10:45 a.m. PT update Worldwide personal computer shipments shot up 15 percent in the fourth quarter, surpassing analyst projections as Dell, Compaq, and Gateway had strong showings. The fourth quarter also out-performed the year as a whole which posted an increase of 12 percent, according to report released by International Data Corporation (IDC). Compaq's worldwide market share grew to 15.4 percent in the fourth quarter, an all-time high, according to the No.1 PC maker. Though its share dropped slightly in the U.S., Dell fell off even more domestically, widening the gap between the two. Fourth-quarter results were fueled by holiday consumer sales and demand for Internet hardware, IDC said. Western Europe was surprisingly strong. "Shipment rates were tremendous in the fourth quarter as the region experienced a better-than-normal seasonal upswing fueled by strong consumer sales," IDC said in a statement. Strength in these two regions was somewhat offset by the pummeling impact on PC market growth of economic slumps in Japan, Asia/Pacific, and Eastern Europe, the market researcher said. news.com