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HP tops Dell as world's largest PC supplier

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 18 October 2007 - 11:01 · 8 comments & 4455 views

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Hewlett-Packard maintained its lead over Dell as the world's largest PC supplier in the third quarter of 2007, extending a slim margin it established last year, market researcher IDC said Wednesday. HP's PC market share increased in the U.S., fast approaching leader Dell, whose market share fell, according to IDC's quarterly report of PC unit shipments. The number of PCs shipped worldwide was 66.85 million, a 15.5 percent year-over-year increase. The jump was attributed to a strong demand for portable computers, including laptops and ultraportables, and PC demand in the SMB market. While adoption of laptops and ultraportables increased worldwide, desktop shipments decreased in the U.S., the survey said.

HP shipped 13.1 million PCs worldwide in the third quarter, a 19.6 percent market share and a 33 percent year-over-year increase. Dell followed in second place, shipping 10.18 million units, a 3.8 percent increase over the previous year, IDC said. Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba. followed in the third, fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

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#1 cork1958 on 18 Oct 2007 - 12:03
Yay, HP!!
#2 Aq3e on 18 Oct 2007 - 12:08
As consumer or the business end?
(1 reply) #3 chisss on 18 Oct 2007 - 13:00
This is good news!!!.. lately HP has been doing a great job especially with laptops. I've never had 1 problem with HP laptops in the past 7 years and I've had 2 (upgrades)

#3.1 toadeater on 19 Oct 2007 - 02:23
Quote - (chisss said @ #3)
This is good news!!!.. lately HP has been doing a great job especially with laptops. I've never had 1 problem with HP laptops in the past 7 years and I've had 2 (upgrades)


I could say the same about Dell. I've managed dozens of them over the years and haven't had any problems. I don't know why some people don't like Dells so much.

But for personal use, I still build my own. Dell and HP still can't beat me--not with their proprietary, un-upgradeable parts and lack of overclocking.
#4 ir0nw0lf on 18 Oct 2007 - 14:01
When Dell stopped offering those really juicy % off codes and those Poweredge servers for super cheap, I know many in the hot deals community snubbed their nose at Dell.
#5 ripgut on 18 Oct 2007 - 14:53
Not much of an achievement imo. Dell sucks
#6 J400uk on 18 Oct 2007 - 20:12
shame really dell are the better manufacturer
#7 CrackerMac on 19 Oct 2007 - 01:11
Excellent. Now is the time you can typically get great deals at dell.

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