Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: hewlett, packard, dell | Themes: Business, Desktop Computers
Stamford (CT) - Hewlett-Packard (HP) has achieved a comfortable lead over its nearest rival in Gartner’s A few years ago, it seemed that there was nothing that could stop Dell from taking over the PC market. 2007, however, was a difficult year for the company, even if the second half brought signs of considerable improvement for Dell: Gartner estimates that Hewlett-Packard shipped about 49.4 million PCs in 2007, capturing a 18.2% market share, which is up from 15.9% in 2006. Dell, on the hand, shipped 38.7 million PCs translating into a 14.3% share, down from 15.9% in 2006. While HP was able to grow its shipment numbers by 30.0% year over year, Dell managed only a 1.7% growth.
Following the top 2, Acer (including Gateway) climbed 32.9% to 24.3 million PCs, followed by Lenovo with 20.1 million (+20.9%), and Toshiba with 10.9 million units (+18.9%). The total market volume for the year was 271.2 million PCs, up 13.4% from a year ago.
Dell’s progress in bringing its business back on track is visible when looking at the fourth quarter of 2007 alone. HP was able to ship about 14.4 million PCs, up 23.3%, in this time frame; Dell shipped 11.0 million, up 17.0% and outpacing the industry average of 13.1%. HP held a market share of 19.0%, up 1.6 points from 17.4% one year ago. Dell is estimated at 14.5%, up 0.5 points from 14.0%.
Even more promising is the company’s Q4 U.S. performance: At a growth rate of 14.9%, the company came in at twice the pace of the U.S. average (7.2%) and significantly higher than HP, which achieved 9.6%, according to Gartner. In the U.S. alone, Dell shipped 5. 3 million PCs and HP 4.4 million. The two firms are followed by Acer (1.5 million), Apple (1.0 million) and Toshiba (900 million).
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