January 21st, 2006
PC market up 18.8% in 2005, Dell the leader with 18.1%
IDC published its data on the global PC market in 2005. PC shipments went up by 18.8% in 2005, with Dell, HP and Lenovo maintaining market leadership with 18.1%, 15.6% and 6.2% shares of the market. Combining Lenovo amd IBM results yields a stronger 7.2% market share for Lenovo.
| Global PC market in 2005 | |||||
| 2005 | 2004 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments, 000 | Share, % | Shipments, 000 | Share, % | YTY |
| Dell | 37,732 | 18.1% | 31,769 | 17.7% | 18.8% |
| HP | 32,525 | 15.6% | 28,101 | 15.7% | 15.7% |
| Lenovo | 12,995 | 6.2% | 4,183 | 2.3% | 210.7% |
| Lenovo (Merged) | 15,106 | 7.2% | 13,690 | 7.6% | 10.3% |
| Acer | 9,803 | 4.7% | 6,368 | 3.6% | 53.9% |
| Fujitsu Siemens | 8,489 | 4.1% | 7,187 | 4.0% | 18.1% |
| Others | 107,041 | 51.3% | 101,573 | 56.7% | 5.4% |
| All Vendors | 208,586 | 100.0% | 179,181 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
| Source: IDC | |||||
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