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DATA MINE Nov. 5, 1999

Who Gets Helped by IBM's PC Retreat?
Hewlett-Packard has zoomed to the top spot in home-PC sales, with longtime leader Compaq not far behind. But with fourth-place IBM now pulling out of retail sales, direct-seller Gateway could get a lift:

Home-PC market share, August, 1999
Hewlett-Packard 35.3%
Compaq 29.2%
emachines 13.5%
IBM 11.1%
Apple 2.8%
Others 8.1%
What current IBM customers say they'll buy next:
Gateway 41%
Dell 31%
Compaq 27%
Hewlett-Packard 15%
Packard Bell 9%
Apple 8%
Acer 3%
Micron 2%
DATA: Ziff-Davis InfoBeads
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