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...tunes as many personal computers this year (an estimated 2 million) as it did in 1983, many of the 1,400 dealers who carry the new PCjr have yet to sell even their initial 25-machine allotments. "Inventory is beginning to pile up," says Alexander Stein, an analyst with Dataquest, a California research firm. Says one New York City dealer: "A Cabbage Patch doll...
Though Apple sold more than 100,000 of its He computers during December, the company has been losing out to IBM. Apple's share of worldwide personal-computer sales, according to Dataquest, a California research firm, has slipped from 29% in 1981 to 23% in 1983. IBM's part has grown from 3% to 28%. Last week IBM announced that it will spend $40 million boosting its new computer, the PCjr, which is designed to compete with the Apple lie. Faced with IBM's attack, Apple President John Sculley says: "We've got to make...
...sales figures are awesome and will become more so. In 1980 some two dozen firms sold 724,000 personal computers for $1.8 billion. When the final figures are in for 1982, according to Dataquest, a California research firm, more than 100 companies will probably have sold 2.8 million units for $4.9 billion. Estimates for the number of personal computers in use by the end of the century run as high as 80 million. The "information revolution" that futurists have long predicted has arrived, bringing with it the promise of dramatic changes in the way people live and work, perhaps even...
...past year, the position of the two combatants has dramatically reversed. Last December Apple held a 21% share of the market for computers costing $1,000 to $5,000, while IBM had just 12%, according to Dataquest, a California research firm. Today Apple remains...
...have enough capacity to satisfy a sharp rise in demand. As a result, Japanese companies were able to take away customers and become a major force in :he chip market. Between 1975 and 1982, Tapan's share of world semiconductor sales jumped from 21% to 34%, according to Dataquest, a California research firm...