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Notebook Computer Market Opens Up
Portable personal computers are one of the few bright spots in
the recession-plagued U.S. computer market. While sales of most types of computers have stagnated over the past year, demand for lightweight portables is growing apace with the introduction of dozens of new ''notebook'' models driving market growth.
Portable Computers 2 - Us Notebook Market Surges Ahead
After disappointing sales in 1990, when shortages of disk drives, flat panel displays and semiconductor chips stunted market growth, US notebook computer sales took off last year, rising to an estimated 1.4m units.
The Myth of the Micro; WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING WITH HOME COMPUTERS?
"WHAT CAN a home computer do? What use is to to me?" Such basic consumer questions cut through the hyperbole and rhetoric that surround the home computer industry.
Like the child who shouted "the emperor has no clothes" in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, they reveal a web of pretence. Surely, everybody knows what a home computer does, don't they?
IBM’s Personal Computer Is Now Conquering Europe
Although it has been on sale in Europe for only a year, International Business Machines Corp.'s personal Computer seems to be doing what it has already done in the U.S.: Taking the market lead and becoming the standard. In 1983, IBM sold 16% of the 280,000 personal computers that Europeans purchased, according to market researchers at IDC Europa. They expect IBM's share of this rapidly expanding business to hit 23% by 1985, displacing Apple Computer Inc. as No. 1 in the $1.9 billion European market.
IBM Leaves the PC Market Guessing; Price Cuts and Flagging Sales
IBM HAS signalled a new round in the personal computer markets battle by beating a hasty retreat from the home computer segment. Competitors and customers were surprised and confused by IBM's sudden decision to end manufacturing of the PC Jr home computer next month.
Competitors, while not mourning IBM's apparent defeat in the market, were unsure whether to celebrate or fear the aftermath of the big company's decision.
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