PCs are hot and sales are expected to remain healthy, industry analysts claim. Not only hot, but cool. According to one analyst, a 100-MHz Pentium PC confers the same level of cool that a BMW did in the madcap '80s.
According to a report from International Data Corporation, PC shipments rose 23 percent during the first quarter to reach 4.7 units, and PC retailer CompUSA is reporting a 20 percent sales increase for its fourth quarter.
Demand for PCs, not BMWs, is being driven by the lust for new CD-ROM games and other titles, analysts say. Home computers accounted for 31.7 percent of the PC market last year, according to Dataquest figures, up from 28.6 percent in 1993.