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PC shipments stay strong; top vendors all make gains
Worldwide PC shipments in the second quarter increased 16 percent over the same period last year, to almost 71.9 million units, according to Gartner Inc., a technology research firm.
Dell recorded a second consecutive quarter of faster shipment growth than rival Hewlett-Packard, according to both research firms. But H-P also posted a strong quarter, and it retained a wide advantage as the world’s largest computer maker.
H-P finished the quarter with 18.1 percent of the worldwide PC market on shipment growth of 17.1 percent, Gartner said. Dell easily held the second spot with 15.6 percent market share on shipment growth of 21.9 percent.
Acer was third with a 9.4 percent market share, and Lenovo fourth with 7.8 percent.
In the U.S., Apple again posted a big quarter. Its second-quarter domestic shipments increased 38.1 percent, Gartner said, pushing it past Acer into the No. 3 spot in the U.S.
Dell held 31.9 percent of the U.S. market, Gartner said, followed by H-P with 25.3 percent, Apple with 8.5 percent and Acer with 8.1 percent.
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