HP remains No. 1 in PCs
Hewlett-Packard continued its sprint ahead of the competition in the second quarter of 2007, remaining the No. 1 PC vendor in the world. While Dell has continued to struggle, Lenovo, Acer and Toshiba showed positive signs, each outpacing the worldwide PC market growth rate of 12.5 percent, according to IDC.
HP continued its successful run of strong quarters, leading all PC makers by shipping 11.3 million units, good enough for 19.3 percent of the overall market. Dell's global shipments were down almost 5 percent--to about 9.5 million PCs--from a year ago, but remained in second place behind HP.
Dell has taken a hard fall, though it's at least taken steps to recovery. The Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker, in trying to reclaim its momentum with consumers is now offering a line of its PCs in Wal-Mart stores, a fairly bold move and a departure from its traditional sales model. On the other hand, adding color to its notebook lineup, announced last month, is a bit of a me-too effort. In both cases there hasn't been enough time to see whether pink laptops or Wal-Mart's pull with shoppers have had any real effect on demand for Dell PC products.
Meanwhile, HP has experienced "rapid growth, and they have room to run," according to IDC analyst Loren Loverde. "If you look at where they're growing, making big strides in the U.S. despite a relatively soft market. They're clearly taking advantage of Dell's misfortunes."
Lenovo has also rebounded well. The Chinese PC maker made good strides in the second quarter, taking back its third-place mantle from Acer, which slipped down to fourth. Lenovo made up a lot of ground outside of Asia/Pacific.
"Since acquiring IBM's PC (business), Lenovo shipments outside of Asia have been declining and weren't able to get any growth," he said. "So the last couple of quarters they've been able to grow, and that's a really excellent turnaround."
In the U.S. market, Dell still leads the pack--for now. With 28.4 percent of the market, its shipments were down more than 10 percent. HP is nipping at its heels with a 23.6 percent share, followed by Gateway and Apple (both with 5.6 percent) and Toshiba with 5.3 percent, according to IDC.
Rival PC analyst firm Gartner places Acer in fourth place in the U.S. and knocks Apple down to sixth. Gartner shows Acer, which has only recently re-entered the U.S. market, with 163.9 percent growth over a year ago, shipping almost 900 million units, an astounding increase for the U.S., a market that just a few months ago was generally discouraging.
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica. 
At the minimum at least provide links to the actual reports.
posting negative Apple comments on every single Apple-related
story? Really, all one needs to do is see john55440 and know
that the post will be some silly, tiresome remark about Apple.
These are not the actions of someone who truly feels the Mac is
irrelevant. Instead, they reek of insecurity.
The truth is that "relevance" is a function of many things,
marketshare being only one of them.
Even the biggest Windows fans should be glad that Apple is
doing well and gaining marketshare. Windows will be better
because of it. Look at IE, where innovation completely stopped
until Firefox came along. A world with 15-20% Mac marketshare
would be far better for everybody, even you john55440.
username John55440 and know you will probably be saying some
critical remarks about Apple.
Come on, this OS/Computer fanboyism is seriously childish. Grow
up, your tiresome anti-Apple remarks is absolutely risible. Stop it.
According to its statistics, Apple's share of the US personal
computer market grew 26.2 percent year-over-year, pegging the
company as the 4th largest vendor in terms of unit shipments with
5.6 percent of the market."
-MacNN
If you compare market sizes, I would certain want to be in Apple's
position instead of having #1 marketshare in West Anarctica
Its difficult to even compare the two. what is the Macintosh stock worth at the moment? $130
what is the Microsoft stock doing right now, not sure but i think around 30.
enough said my comrades.
The important thing is Mac OS X is growing steadily, and the quality of programs available for OS X continue to improve.
Microsoft may have the quantity, but quantity doesn't always substitute for quality.
MONOPOLIES are NOT GOOD. (Even if you own their device)
I think design is a big factor in sales and thats something Dell hasn't offered in years. Also unlike Dell's, HP's marketing strategy has been very good.
My previous computer was a Dell. Never again!
- 900 million Acer Units ?
- by KeithSWilson July 20, 2007 3:50 AM PDT
- - do you guys proofread what you write -
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(15 Comments)"Gartner shows Acer, which has only recently re-entered the U.S.
market, with 163.9 percent growth over a year ago, shipping
almost 900 million units, an astounding increase for the U.S., a
market that just a few months ago was generally discouraging."
I'll say it's outstanding
Gartner also says that Acer has 6.8% of the market that means
that Americans buy about 14 billion units per year - what DO
you guys use these thing for? And where do you dispose of the
slightly soiled ones? Just asking.
Keith