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MS beats Street, warns of slowing growth
News That strong predecessor, Maffei added, will combine with concerns over Y2K computer problems, delays in purchasing as customers wait for Windows 2000, and a slowing overall growth rate for PC sales to hurt platform desktop sales.
[July 20, 1999, 9:12]
£1 billion Compaq UK story continues
News Clocking up average sales growth of 47 per cent ever since, McNally remains managing director of the Richmond-based firm which is now a distance leader in UK PC sales.worldwide sales swelled to $24.6 billion, up from $20 billion a year ago, with...
[January 22, 1998, 10:52]
Worldwide chip demand up, but not in US
News Some of the categories showing sales growth in March include PC processors, up 5.9 percent; and digital signal processors and flash memory sales, which each grew by 2 percent, the SIA said. Worldwide chip sales totalled $12.1bn (£7.6bn), a 2.6...
[April 28, 2003, 16:05]
Handspring's 4Q loss smaller than expected
News Handspring posted a smaller-than-expected loss in its first quarter as a publicly traded company, losing $5.8m, or 13 cents a share, on sales of $51.8m. The $51.8m in sales marked a 51 percent improvement from its third quarter.
[July 21, 2000, 15:17]
ECTS: Let's hear it for the UK games industry!
News PC software unit sales rose on both sides of the Atlantic in July, relative to July 1997, but revenue growth in the UK was nearly three times the magnitude of the US increase. Top of the list is a stronger line on piracy - estimated by ELSPA to be...
[September 8, 1998, 9:17]
A Year Ago: UK hits back at US 'grow faster' demands
News UK PC industry figures are hitting back at those damn Yankees who criticise the lack of sales growth in Europe. Martin Pickering, director of AstraSoft, a UK sales and marketing consultancy that distributes US software, has a sharp jibe for...
[August 25, 1998, 6:43]
IBM scales back direct sales
News An IBM spokesperson confirmed the decision to stop direct sales of PCs over the telephone, but denied rumours that the company is planning to pull out of direct PC sales altogether. IBM is to cut back on direct sales when it stops taking telephone...
[January 9, 2002, 15:36]
Compaq goes on a diet
News At the same time, its commercial PC sales have fallen. In its fourth quarter, commercial PC sales totaled $3.1bn (£1.9bn), down 19 percent from the previous year. A source said Compaq wishes to change its product sales mix, which is now largely...
[March 20, 2000, 15:06]
US Report: Compaq aims at Dell
News Many want to do business both ways," said Pfeiffer, who noted that 65 percent of PC sales go through resellers. Shares of Compaq Computer Corp.jumped 1 9/16 to 34 7/16 yesterday as the company unveiled its latest battle plan against Dell Computer...
[November 12, 1998, 10:03]
2001: Ups and downs on the way for chips
News Most PC makers, along with Intel and AMD, issued profit warnings in the fourth quarter of 2000, on the back of a softening economy and decelerating sales. On the other hand, consumer PC sales worldwide are still healthy and look set to grow 20...
[December 30, 2000, 6:12]
Notebook sales on the up
News Notebooks have increased steadily as a percentage of total PC sales since the first quarter of 1998. Sales are on track to break the 25 percent barrier in the next three years, according to IDC. While notebook sales have been particularly brisk at...
[May 3, 2002, 14:20]
Intel earnings beat targets
News The chipmaker said its good fortune came from increased sales of PC processors, chipsets, motherboards and flash memory. Intel on Tuesday reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter, thanks in part to stronger sales of high-end...
[January 15, 2003, 7:50]
Old PlayStation tops US holiday game console sales
News The company experienced the biggest holiday boost, with Dreamcast sales jumping 104 percent the week of 19 November, compared with the previous week, PC Data reported. But it is the PSone, a repackaged version of the five-year-old original...
[December 6, 2000, 11:53]
Flat-panel iMac gets super-sized
News What's going on, analysts warn, is a serious PC sales slump. In a research note issued last week, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Fortuna dramatically reduced his projections for worldwide PC sales in 2002 to 2.5 percent year-over-year unit growth...
[July 10, 2002, 7:30]
Gateway unveils new sub-$1000 notebook
News The Gateway M305, along with a more performance-oriented Gateway M350 model and an upgraded rack-mounted Gateway 960X server, was launched on Thursday to support the company's aim of boosting PC sales.
[August 22, 2003, 15:35]
Windows XP: Hot or not?
News Still, PC sales during the all-important Thanksgiving week, which retailers use as a barometer to forecast holiday sales, dropped 10 percent from a year earlier, according to NPD Intelect. November retail sales of Windows XP weren't so hot.
[December 20, 2001, 9:11]
Dell: Hitting the $80bn target
News Over time, Dell's PC unit sales will become less of an indication of how the company is performing, CEO Kevin Rollins said at the meeting. Dell's model mainly involves selling products and services to customers using online or telephone sales and...
[April 8, 2005, 17:25]
PC giants to grab spotlight at electronics show
News For PC-oriented companies, the move into entertainment gear also offers the hope of an escape from sagging computer sales. After grim holiday sales of PCs, the giants of the computer world are laying their bets on smaller, cheaper devices to drive...
[January 4, 2001, 11:18]
A Year Ago: Xmas home PC market looks nasty
News Vendors contacted by ZDNN unanimously admitted that sales were disappointing although, almost to a man, they requested anonymity. Smith declined to put hard numbers on his comments but said that sales hadn't grown over last year's equivalent time...
[December 4, 1998, 6:32]
AMD braces for hefty loss
News Despite the decline in PC chip sales, AMD said flash memory, which goes inside communications products and cell phones, rose sequentially. Sales of consumer notebooks and desktops in the United States and Europe, where AMD generally sells well, are...
[June 19, 2002, 11:54]
