Mac vs. PC System Shootouts - Mac Sales/Market Share Figures

by Charles Gaba

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Quarterly PC Market Share Statistics
Top Vendors, Worldwide PC Shipments (in Thousands of Units)

SOURCES: IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, Gartner Group Dataquest Research Catalog, Apple Press Releases. Some IDC/Gartner figures were estimates at the time and may have been revised at a later time, resulting in slight variances in later tables

Q1/2008 (Jan - Mar)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	HP	13,251	19.1%	11,291	18.6%	17.4%
2	Dell	10,913	15.7%	8,971	14.8%	21.6%
3	Acer	6,914	9.9%	4,164	6.9%	66.0%
4	Lenovo	4,814	6.9%	3,980	6.6%	21.0%
5	Toshiba	3,069	4.4%	2,544	4.2%	20.6%
?	Apple	2,289	3.3%	1,517	2.4%	50.9%
.	All Vendors	69,500	100.0%	60,624	100.0%	14.6%

Q4/2007 (Oct - Dec)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	HP		19.0%	11,900	18.1%
2	Dell	11,300	14.6%	9,666	14.7%	16.9%
3	Lenovo			4,772	7.3%
4	Acer		9.6%	4,630	7.1%
5	Toshiba			2,439	3.7%
?	Apple	2,319	2.9%	1,606	2.4%	44.4%
.	All Vendors	80,607	100.0%	66,667	100.0%	20.9%

Q3/2007 (Jul - Sep)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	HP	13,075	19.6%	9,831	17.2%	33.0%
2	Dell	10,195	15.2%	9,803	17.2%	4.0%
3	Lenovo	5,482	8.2%	4,447	7.8%	23.3%
4	Acer	5,415	8.1%	3,418	6.0%	58.4%
5	Toshiba	2,941	4.4%	2,385	4.2%	23.3%
?	Apple	2,164	3.2%	1,610	2.8%	34.4%
.	All Vendors	66,850	100.0%	57,900	100.0%	15.5%

Q2/2007 (Apr - Jun)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	HP	11,335	19.3%	8,303	15.9%	+36.5%
2	Dell	9,491	16.1%	9,978	19.1%	-4.9%
3	Lenovo	4,879	8.3%	3,989	7.6%	+22.3%
4	Acer	4,261	7.2%	2,742	5.2%	55.4%
5	Toshiba	2,407	4.1%	1,981	3.8%	21.5%
?	Apple	1,764	3.0%	1,327	2.5%	32.9%
.	All Vendors	58,824	100.0%	52,297	100.0%	12.5%

Q1/2007 (Jan - Mar)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	HP	11,030	17.6%	8,569	14.9%	+28.7%
2	Dell	8,692	13.9%	9,430	16.4%	-7.8%
3	Acer	4,275	6.8%	2,927	5.1%	+46.1%
4	Lenovo	3,969	6.3%	3,417	5.9%	+16.1%
5	Toshiba	2,552	4.1%	2,213	3.8%	+15.3%
?	Apple	1,517	2.4%	1,112	2.1%	+36.4%
.	All Vendors	62,719	100.0%	57,571	100.0%	8.9%

Q4/2006 (Oct - Dec)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	HP	11,900	18.1%	9,613	15.9%	23.8%
2	Dell	9,666	14.7%	10,552	17.5%	-8.4%
3	Lenovo	4,772	7.3%	4,398	7.3%	8.5%
4	Acer	4,630	7.1%	3,360	5.6%	37.8%
5	Toshiba	2,439	3.7%	2,081	3.5%	17.2%
*7 (?)*	Apple	1,606	2.4%	1,254	2.1%	28.1%
8	Gateway	1,354 (?)	2.0% (?)	1,359	2.2%	-0.4% (?)
.	All Vendors	66,667	100.0%	60,318	100.0%	8.7%

Q3/2006 (Jul - Sep)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	HP	9,831	17.2%	8,540	16.1%	15.1%
2	Dell	9,803	17.2%	9,465	17.9%	3.6%
3	Lenovo	4,447	7.8%	4,054	7.7%	9.7%
4	Acer	3,418	6.0%	2,546	4.8%	34.3%
5	Toshiba	2,385	4.2%	1,982	3.7%	20.4%
*7 (?)*	Apple	1,610	2.8%	1,236	2.3%	30.3%
8	Gateway	1.023	1.8%	1,167	2.2%	-12.3%
.	All Vendors	57,052	100.0%	52,879	100.0%	7.9%

Q2/2006 (Apr - Jun)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	Dell	9,986	19.2%	9,002	19.0%	10.9%
2	Hewlett-Packard	8,272	15.9%	7,320	15.4%	13.0%
3	Lenovo	4,010	7.7%	3,555	7.5%	12.8%
4	Acer	2,796	5.4%	2,061	4.3%	35.7%
5	Fujitsu-Siemens	1,775	3.4%	1,771	3.7%	0.2%
*7 (?)*	Apple	1,327	2.5%	1,182	2.5%	12.3%
8	Gateway	1,100 (?)	2.1% (?)	1,009	2.2%	9.0% (?)
.	All Vendors	52,084	100.0%	47,477	100.0%	9.7%

Q1/2006 (Jan - Mar)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	Dell	9,642	18.1%	8,752	18.9%	10.2%
2	Hewlett-Packard	8,702	16.4%	7,121	15.1%	22.2%
3	Lenovo	3,423	6.4%	3,086	6.6%	10.9%
4	Acer	2,900	5.5%	1,879	4.0%	54.3%
5	Fujitsu-Siemens	2,332	4.4%	2,129	4.5%	9.5%
8	Gateway	1,379	2.6%	941	2.0%	46.6%
9 (?)	Apple	1,112	2.1%	1,070	2.3%	3.9%
.	All Vendors	53,207	100.0%	47,109	100.0%	12.9%

Q4/2005 (Oct - Dec)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	Dell	10,539	17.3%	8,774	16.1%	20.1%
2	Hewlett-Packard	9,564	15.7%	8,257	15.8%	15.8%
3	Lenovo	4,414	7.2%	3,919	7.5%	12.6%
4	Acer	3,302	5.4%	2,165	4.2%	52.5%
5	Fujitsu Siemens	2,535	4.2%	2,058	3.9%	23.2%
.	Gateway	1,359	2.2%	1,199	2.3%	13.3%
.	Apple	1,254	2.1%	1,046	2.0%	19.9%
.	All Vendors	61,100	100.0%	52,186	100.0%	17.1%

Q3/2005 (Jul - Sep)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	Dell	9,483	18.0%	8,050	17.9%	17.8%
2	Hewlett-Packard	8,464	16.0%	7,178	15.9%	17.9%
3	Lenovo	4,072	7.7%	3,602	8.0%	13.1%
4	Acer	2,493	4.7%	1,622	3.6%	53.7%
5	Fujitsu Siemens	1,995	3.8%	1,735	3.8%	15.0%
.	Apple	1,236	2.3%	836	1.9%	47.8%
.	Gateway	1,167	2.2%	931	2.1%	25.4%
.	All Vendors	52,809	100.0%	45,095	100.0%	17.1%

Q2/2005 (Apr - Jun)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	Dell	8,982	19.3%	7,264	18.2%	23.7%
2	Hewlett-Packard	7,251	15.6%	6,235	15.6%	16.3%
3	IBM / Lenovo	3,535	7.6%	3,283	8.2%	7.7%
4	Acer	2,032	4.4%	1,253	3.1%	62.2%
5	Fujitsu-Siemens	1,722	3.7%	1,527	3.8%	12.8%
.	Apple	1,182	2.5%	876	2.2%	34.9%
.	Gateway	1,009	2.2%	795	2.0%	26.9%
.	All Vendors	46,566	100.0%	39,941	100.0%	16.6%

Q1/2005 (Jan - Mar)	Vendor	Curr Yr Units	Current Yr Mkt Share	Prev Yr Units	Previous Yr Mkt Share	Y/Y Unit Growth
1	Dell	8,727	18.9%	7,682	18.5%	13.6%
2	Hewlett-Packard	7,110	15.4%	6,431	15.5%	10.6%
3	IBM / Lenovo	2,337	5.1%	2,290	5.5%	2.0%
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