Worldwide PC sales rise on strength of Asia<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AFP): Strong demand from Asia and Latin America
\nhelped push sales of personal computers higher in the second
\nquarter, while growth slowed in the US market, according to two
\nstudies released Monday.<\/p>\n
California-based Dataquest said worldwide shipments of PCs
\nrose 18 percent in the second quarter of this year.<\/p>\n
But growth in the United States -- where the market is more
\nsaturated -- slowed to 11.5 percent in the April-June period,
\ndown from the 14.1 percent in the first quarter and sharply lower
\nthan the 32.6 percent growth in the same period a year ago,
\nDataquest said.<\/p>\n
A separate report by Massachusetts-based International Data
\nCorp., which uses a different method of calculation, found global
\nPC shipments up 14.5 percent from a year earlier to 30.1 million
\nunits in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
According to IDC, PC sales in the United States were up only
\n7.2 percent.<\/p>\n
The two reports said PC sales growth was highest in Japan and
\ndeveloping markets of Asia and Latin America, where economic
\nrecovery is fueling demand.<\/p>\n
\"Economic expansion in Japan, Asia\/Pacific and Latin America
\ncontinue to drive growth\" in PC shipments, said Dataquest.<\/p>\n
\"Preliminary regional results show the United States and
\nEurope at the bottom of the worldwide growth table for a second
\nconsecutive quarter, with saturation continuing to be a
\nsignificant challenge to future growth.\"<\/p>\n
IDC also cited strong growth in the Asia-Pacific markets.<\/p>\n
\"Markets in Asia\/Pacific continued their strength as summer
\npromotions in China and affinity marketing programs in Australia
\nexpanded consumer demand,\" IDC said.<\/p>\n
\"The US commercial market began to recover from Y2K-related
\nsluggishness,\" said IDC analyst Gabrielle Griffith.<\/p>\n
\"But corporate America is still slow to adopt Windows 2000 and
\nseems to be taking a wait-and-see approach to upgrading
\nhardware.\"<\/p>\n
Compaq remained the top seller worldwide in the quarter, with
\na market share of 12.6 percent compared to 10.6 percent for Dell
\nand 7.1 percent for Hewlett-Packard.<\/p>\n
Dell remained on top in the United States with and 18.7
\npercent market share to 14.5 percent for Compaq and 10.4 percent
\nfor Hewlett-Packard.<\/p>\n
The top three vendors in US and global markets were ranked by
\nIDC in the same order as by Dataquest.<\/p>",
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