PC sales continue to fall in January
updated 03:25 am EST, Thu February 22, 2001
PC Data reports that retail unit sales of desktop PCs in January plummeted 26 percent, while notebooks unit sales slid 9 percent, indicating "that the PC sales slowdown, which started before Christmas, could linger....Apple Computer and Emachines took the biggest hits in January, with sales down 60 percent and 50 percent, respectively, year over year. Compaq Computer saw a modest 5 percent decline, while Hewlett-Packard's sales dropped 17 percent."
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Sales Plummet???
And nobody remembers that last year was the inspired Y2K special
sales event. This was the BUZZ sales event of the century. Be
honest, do you remember Y1K!!! PC Data ignores this part of the
historical content.