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Article: One billionth PC shipped. (Computer Technologies).(Brief Article)
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- July 22, 2002
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SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- While the PC industry has not caught up to McDonalds in sheer volume, it did reach an impressive milestone in April with the shipment of the one billionth PC, according to the research firm Gartner Dataquest.
While it took 25 years to reach this mark, Dataquest, San Jose, Calif., is forecasting for the next billion computers to ship in just the next six years. Martin Reynolds, vice president and research fellow for Gartner, said, the driving force behind reaching this figure will be broadband ...