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Gartner's Dataquest Forecasts Worldwide ASP Market to Surpass $25 Billion in 2004
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Egham, United Kingdom, August 3, 2000 - The European personal computer market experienced single-digit growth in the second quarter of 2000 as shipments totaled 7.6 million units, an increase of 8.9 percent over the second quarter of 1999, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). PC shipments in the professional segment grew 0.3 percent, while the home segment increased 40 percent.
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