11.   Intel and Advanced Micro, which hold a virtual duopoly in the desktop PC microprocessor market, have said they want to avoid a price war.

12.   Like other personal computer vendors, IBM is having trouble in the desktop market.

13.   Meanwhile, Intel, having conquered the desktop market, is starting to commandeer the notebook market as well.

14.   Microsoft was late in realizing the popularity of the Internet, focusing on its dominance in the desktop computer market rather than the potential of the World Wide Web.

15.   Microsoft, a colossus in the desktop software market, Tuesday kicked off a major effort to enter the lucrative world of high-end, big-ticket computing.

16.   Putting the chip in the desktop personal computer market is a relatively simple matter, but successfully entering the market for corporate server computers is an entirely different manner.

17.   That chip, too, was supposed to be just for servers and high-end work stations, but the desktop market embraced it quickly.

18.   That would allow Intel, which already controls the desktop computer market, to compete in the realm of corporate machines, Wharton said.

19.   That said, Bryant said that there has been weaker-than-expected demand in general in the desktop market.

20.   The company also is focused on the higher end of the desktop PC disk drive market.