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Article: Bear Stearns: PC Revenues Up Only 4% in '04.(personal computer financial reports)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Online Reporter
- Article date:
- January 31, 2004
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You can see why PC makers like Dell, HP and Gateway and their suppliers Intel and Microsoft are eyeing the consumer technology market so hungrily when you look at Bear Stearns' forecast of a mere 4% revenue increase in PCs this year. Tech companies once accustomed to double-digit year-over-year growth are having a hard time adjusting to flat-line growth. Dell, HP and Gateway have been busy introducing digital media versions of their computers - adding things like DVD recorders, TV tuners and links to online music services. All three of them and Apple are also adding non-PC-based consumer technology such as plasma screen TVs and handheld ...