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To: Duker who wrote (28895)	3/5/1999 5:47:00 AM
From: Duker	Respond to of 70976

Japan PC market seen up 10.3 percent in 1999--IDC [For what its worth. I understand that we are talking about forecasts. I also understand that we are talking about a market that has been on its kiesta (sp?) for some time. --Duker] TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - The Japanese market for personal computers (PCs) is expected to expand by about 10.3 percent from a year earlier to 8.74 million units in calendar 1999, IDC Japan, the Japanese unit of International Data Corp, said on Friday. IDC said the Japanese PC market in 1998 had remained unchanged from 1997 at about 7.92 million units. But PC demand for home use in 1998 rose 28.4 percent from a year earlier to 2.64 million units, helped by strong demand for Sony Corp's Vaio series and Apple Computer Inc's (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) iMac, IDC said, while demand for business-use PCs fell 10 percent to 5.28 million units. Sony, increased its position in Japan's PC market to eighth in 1998 from 17th in 1997, garnering 3.8 percent of the market from 0.5 percent the previous year. In the home-use PC market, Sony ranked third in 1998 by selling 280,000 units, up from 25,000 the previous year, raising its share to 10.6 percent from 1.2 percent. Sales of top-ranked PC manufacturer NEC Corp , meanwhile, fell by 1.1 percent to 667,000 units in 1998 from a year earlier, IDC said. Apple was fifth in Japan's home-use market, selling 231,000 units in 1998, raising its share to 8.7 percent from 6.4 percent. IDC is a research firm that specialises in the personal computer and other information device industries.