Friday, July 18, 2008

WW + U.S. 2Q08 PC MarketShare

According to the latest data from PC survey firm Gartner, Apple (AAPL) has passed Acer to now become the 3rd Largest Seller of PC's in the United States, behind #1 Dell (DELL) and #2 Hewlett Packard (HPQ).


* U.S. 2Q08 PC Marketshare Leaders:
1. Dell (32% - 5.3K shipments...12% Growth)
2. HP (25% - 4.2K ships...6% Growth)
3. Apple (9% - 1.4K ships...38% Growth)
4. Acer (8% - 1.3K ships... -21% Growth)
5. Toshiba (6% - 0.9K ships...3% Growth)
6. Others (20% -3.4K ships... -5% Growth)


* Worldwide 2Q08 PC Marketshare Leaders:
1. HP (18% - 13K ships...17% Growth)
2. Dell (16% - 11.2K ships...22% Growth)
3. Acer (9% - 6.7K ships...19% Growth)
4. Lenovo (8% - 5.6K ships...14% Growth)
5. Toshiba (4% - 3.1K ships...29% Growth)
6. Others (45% - 32.2K ships...12% Growth)

Per the Fortune article:
fortune.cnn.com/2008/07/17/reports-apple-is-no-3-pc-maker-in-us-no-6-worldwide/

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* Apple's 2Q08 U.S. PC Share: 8.5% (up from 6.4% 1 year ago)

* Apple's 2Q08 U.S. Mac Sales: Up 38% year over year

* According to IDC, Apple is now #6 in Worldwide Sales

Data Courtesy: Fortune, Gartner and IDC
Full Disclosure: I own shares of AAPL.