The red warning light is flashing for the personal computer market.
Many stores in Tokyo’s Akihabara and other electronic shopping districts have gone bankrupt or have been forced to close down due to a slowdown in demand for home PCs. One factor is the delay of sales of the Windows 98 operating system, the successor to Windows 95.
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