200 million PCs per year are shipped

::: {.Section1} [According to Bill Gates, 200 million PCs were shipped last year (are going to be shipped this year?). +12% growth. This builds into the point that in the few years after Vista ships, 500 million PCs will be purchases, 200 million of which will be “capable of being upgraded to Vista .” (Note they didn’t lay down an estimate as to what % will [ship ]{style="font-style:italic"}with Vista installed.) ]{style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"}

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