NEC's annualPCshipmentsinJapanshrank 6.2 percent to 2.72 million units in 2006, thoughoverallearnings have been buoyed bymobilephoneandnetworkingsolutionsoperations.
The successor to Windows 98 focuses on four main areas, according to a Microsoft spokesperson: digital media, online experience, PC health and home networking.
But she says the company now should be able to growing more in line with the markets, after pruning low-margin PCs and shifting focus to corporate PC upgrades and adding Wyse, while also acquiring companies in storage, networking, software and services.