There is a dramatic consolidation going on in the PC market according to Computer Reseller News, an industry trade publication. The five largest PC makers increased their share of the market by more than five percentage points to 53 percent from the second quarter of 1997 to the second quarter of 1998. The companies, and their market shares, are Compaq, 14.4 percent; Dell, 14.2 percent; Packard Bell/NEC, 8.5 percent; Gateway, 8.2 percent, and Hewlett-Packard, 7.8 percent. IBM is a distant sixth.
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Library Systems Newsletter [September 1998]
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| Publication Year: | 1998 |
| Type of Material: | Article |
| Language | English |
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Library Systems Newsletter |
| Publication Info: | Volume 18 Number 09 |
| Issue: | September 1998 |
| Page(s): | 70 |
| Publisher: | American Library Association |
| Place of Publication: | Chicago, IL |
| Notes: | Howard S. White, Editor-in-Chief; Richard W. Boss, Contributing Editor |
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Microcomputer hardware |
| ISSN: | 0277-0288 |
| Record Number: | 5801 |
| Last Update: | 2025-03-03 19:14:02 |
| Date Created: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
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