January 21st, 2006
US PC market leaders: Dell - 32.9%, HP - 20.3%, Gateway - 6.8%
Dell defended its share of 32.9% of the US PC market in Q4 2005 by increasing its PC shipments by 8.6% in Q4 2005 compared to Q4 2004. HP was second with 20.3% of the market, followed by Gateway with 6.8%. US PC market was up 8.7% in Q4 2005 compared to Q4 2004.
| US PC market in Q4 2005 | |||||
| Q4 2005 | Q4 2004 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments, 000 | Share, % | Shipments, 000 | Share, % | YTY |
| Dell | 5,741 | 32.9% | 5,287 | 32.9% | 8.6% |
| HP | 3,545 | 20.3% | 3,323 | 20.7% | 6.7% |
| Gateway | 1,184 | 6.8% | 1,025 | 6.4% | 15.5% |
| Lenovo | 711 | 4.1% | 0 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Lenovo (Merged) | 711 | 4.1% | 684 | 4.3% | 3.9% |
| Toshiba | 635 | 3.6% | 577 | 3.6% | 9.9% |
| Others | 5,639 | 32.3% | 5,845 | 36.4% | -3.5% |
| All Vendors | 17,455 | 100.0% | 16,057 | 100.0% | 8.7% |
| Source: IDC | |||||
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