TWICE - June 11, 2001

FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — International Data Corp. has downgraded its U.S. PC shipment forecast for 2001 and now expects the category to decline 6.3 percent instead of posting a marginal 2.2 percent increase. If IDC's prediction holds true it will be the first time the U.S. PC market has shrunk. IDC's Roger Kay, client computing director, based this revision on the idea that U.

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