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While the first DTP programs, produced during the early eighties, were actually written for PCs built around the Intel 8086 microprocessor and running the MS-DOS operating system, this platform has lagged behind the Macintosh. Most DTP users have preferred the Macintosh's strong support for DTP and the related area of computer graphics...
...Macintosh remains the dominant force in the professional DTP world. But as PCs outnumber Macintoshes overall, and setting up a DTP environment on the PC costs considerably less, PCS are becoming increasingly attractive for anyone wanting to start their own publishing efforts...
...also been parting company. After relying almost exclusively on the Santa Clara, California, company for the silicon chips that serve as computer brains, IBM has moved to reduce its dependence on Intel by turning to competing vendors. In Europe, IBM last year began selling a low- cost line of PCs called Ambra, which runs on chips made by Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices. IBM also demonstrated a sample PC using a chip made by another Intel enemy, Cyrix. And last October IBM said it would begin selling the company's own chips to outsiders in direct competition with Intel...
...however, is seeking to gain strength in a market where it is at its weakest. Personal computers accounted for 20% of IBM sales of $63 billion last year and are expected to make up 40% by the year 2000. But IBM's growth in PCs lags far behind that of the rest of the industry. IBM is the only one of the top 10 PC vendors whose market share has declined this year. In fact, IBM's PC business...
...entry-level model. The PS/VP, which is compatible with IBM's original PC line, is the company's answer to Dell and Compaq, which both sell machines by mail order as well as through retail channels. The strategy is starting to pay off. IBM expects to ship 1.5 million PCs this quarter, 50% more units than it has ever shipped in any quarter in its history. The shipments include the company's five-year-old PS/2 models as well as its brand-new line of laptops. While its new assertiveness has been praised by analysts, IBM can at best hope...