Slower-than-expected consumer and SMB performance limits EMEA PC year-on-year market growth to 5.4% for Q4 2000, IDC says; Disappointing retail sales didn't contribute to a desktop market rebound, leading to an overall limited 9.5% growth for PC sales in 2000.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 January 2001-IDC: Slower-than-expected consumer and SMB performance limits EMEA PC year-on-year market growth to 5.4 for Q4 2000, IDC says; Disappointing retail sales didn't contribute to a desktop market rebound, leading to an overall limited 9.5 growth for PC sales in 2000 (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23012001 LONDON -- According to preliminary data released by IDC today, the PC market failed to record a healthy performance in the final quarter of the year, with year-on-year growth limited for the quarter to 5.4 and only 9.5 for the full year 2000 in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

Sluggish desktop and PC server growth contrasted strongly with impressive notebook growth of 37.9. Disappointing retail sales,...