International Data Corp has responded to Hewlett-Packard Co’s new HP 700/RX family of 80960 RISC-based X terminals, saying that Hewlett-Packard can be assured that its competitors are sitting up and taking notice of the new price-performance standards it has set. The Framingham, Massachusetts researcher says they will be the first of many expected RISC announcements in 1991, and comments that the all-encompassing family (as opposed to one or two models) is definitely reflective of the company’s commitment and seriousness regarding the X terminal market. IDC calculates that in 1990 Hewlett succeeded in becoming the dominant worldwide supplier of colour X terminals with a 27.6% share of the worldwide colour market, and sees the new models keeping it at number one.
