Strong consumer demand offsets corporate slowdown and drives PC sales up 14.7% in Europe, Middle East and Africa, IDC says.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2000-IDC: Strong consumer demand offsets corporate slowdown and drives PC sales up 14.7 in Europe, Middle East and Africa, IDC says (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24012000 * Compaq remains #1 as German sales leader Fujitsu Siemens takes second place in EMEA and Dell leads the way in Internet PC sales LONDON, UK -- Strong consumer sales in Western Europe offset the expected corporate slow down and helped maintain a double-digit growth in the PC market place for the fourth quarter 1999.

According to preliminary data released today by IDC, PC shipments in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) rose by 14.7 in Q4 1999 to over 11 million units. Western European PC sales increased by 13.4 year on year resulting in a...