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Information Technology News HP grabs global PC lead from Dell: Gartner
Information Technology News HP grabs global PC lead from Dell: Gartner | HP grabs global PC lead from Dell: Gartner |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Thursday, 19 October 2006 | |
  
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HP's market share reached 16.3%, overtaking Dell whose worldwide PC market share slipped to 16.1%. Worldwide PC shipments totaled 59.1 million units in the third quarter of 2006, a 6.7% increase from the same period last year. The US PC market experienced a year-over-year shipment decline of 2%, the first decline since 2002. “HP continues to take better advantage of the faster growth segments such as the consumer market. The company’s share trajectory reflects its improvements in operational execution and changes in marketing,” said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst for Gartner Dataquest’s Client Computing Markets Group. “Dell felt the effects of the weak sales in the US market, and it gave up some ground.” “Two factors that contributed to the poor performance in the US market were continued weakness in the professional desk-based market, and the carry-over effect from strong sales in the second quarter,” said Ms. Kitagawa. “Strong sales to the home market, fueled by solid back to school sales and mobile PCs could not offset the decline in other areas.” {moscomment} |
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