Labels:text | line | screenshot | diagram | slope OCR: NCs Trail PCs-For Now 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 138,176 116,039 94,915 81,345 1,248 65,806 PCS 515 210 $ millions 3.891 6 Internet PCS Internet Terminals 2,303 333 587 1,274 Over the next four years, IT managers will replace dumb terminals with NCs-slim pickings as the chart shows. IDC predicts that that will shift after the year 2000 when NCs do begin to replace PCs.