SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co. widened its market share lead
over Dell Inc. in worldwide personal computer shipments in the
third quarter, while Dell returned to growth after several quarters
of declines, researcher IDC reported Wednesday (Oct. 17).
Total PC shipments grew 15.5 percent worldwide in the third
quarter, IDC said.
HP shipped 19.6 percent of all personal computers in the period, a
33 percent leap from the year-earlier period, IDC said in its
quarterly PC market-share survey. The gap between HP and Dell
widened to 4.4 percentage points from 3.2 points in the second
quarter.
Dell stayed in the No. 2 spot with an estimated 15.2 percent of the
market, but its shipments grew 3.8 percent to 10.2 million units,
reversing a streak of three consecutive quarters in which its
shipments fell from year-earlier periods.
HP's growth, the second consecutive quarter in which its shipments
advanced by more than 30 percent, was helped by strong sales
through retailers and other distribution channels, and demand for
its laptop PCs, according to IDC.
Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, had strong growth in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa, as well as the Asia-Pacific region, while
improvements in the United States and Japan were "less dramatic,"
IDC said.
Lenovo Group Ltd kept the No. 3 spot, with 8.2 percent of total
shipments, representing 22.9 percent growth from a year earlier,
IDC estimated.
Taiwan's Acer Inc held on to fourth place, with 8.1 percent of
shipments and growth of 59.2 percent, helped by strong gains in its
main markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and the
Asia-Pacific area.
Japan's Toshiba Corp, with 4.4 percent of worldwide shipments, was in fifth place, growing 17.3 percent.
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