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The firm's vice president, Bob O'Donnell, said: "Unfortunately, it seems clear that the Windows 8 launch not only didn't provide a positive boost to the PC market, http://www.154562.com - cement brick machine , but appears to have slowed the market."

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Microsoft was not immediately available for comment.

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Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest maker of PCs, saw a 24% fall in http://www.154562.com - http://www.154562.com/products/QT615BrickMakingMachine.html - hollow block machine shipments in the first quarter compared with the same period a year ago.

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