HP tops Dell as world's largest PC supplier
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Hewlett-Packard maintained its lead over Dell as the world&#39;s largest PC supplier in the third quarter of 2007, extending&#160;a slim margin it established last year, market researcher IDC said Wednesday.HP&#39;s PC market share increased in the U.S., fast approaching leader Dell, whose market share fell, according to IDC&#39;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.Acer, which became the world&#39;s third-largest PC vendor when&#160;it acquired Gateway on Wednesday, recorded a 59.2 percent increase in worldwide PC shipments. These quarterly figures are before the acquisition was final.In the U.S., Dell shipped 5.01 million PCs in the third quarter, a 4.8 percent drop compared to last year. HP&#39;s PC shipments increased 16.9 percent to 4.35 million, accounting for 24.3 percent of the market. In third place was Apple, whose year-over-year shipments increased 15.9 percent to 1.13 million. Gateway, which shipped 865,000 PCs, recorded a 14.2 percent year-over-year fall.HP has momentum on its side, while Dell is in the process of restructuring, said Loren Loverde, program director at IDC. At the same time, many users are making the conversion from desktops to laptops as they get more experience using PCs, Loverde said.The survey defined PCs as desktops, notebooks, ultraportables, and Intel-based servers. The statistics do not include handhelds or smartphones, according to IDC.Demand for PCs over the next few years will continue to increase due to vendor competition and increased commercial spending, IDC projected.
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Hewlett-Packard Co., a maker of computers and office equipment that also provides information technology services, said on Wednesday that it will provide the world&#39;s largest cell phone maker, Nokia Corp.
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NEW YORK, November 12  - Dell Inc (DELL.NAS), the world&#39;s largest PC maker, has reported 25% growth in its third-quarter profits this year, boosted by continued market share gains and reduced PC component costs.
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Dell 'turns corner' as HP marches on Computer makers saw worldwide shipments increase by more than 15 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2007, but analysts have warned that growth is likely to slow over the next few years as the credit crunch bites.â¦
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Hewlett-Packard Co. , the  world's No. 2 personal computer maker, reported on Wednesday a  forecast-beating profit on sales growth across its main  divisions and unveiled a record $6 billion share buyback.
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55,000 man hours and four acres of pines Dell 2.0 is full of surprises. For example, the hardware maker today unveiled the HP C-Class blade server chassis - its third take on the blade design.â¦
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Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N, the  world's number-two PC maker, said on Friday it has launched a  3,999 yuan ($483) computer in China, turning up the heat in the  intensely competitive market.
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AUSTIN, Texas _ Dell Inc. expanded its share of the personal-computer market in the third quarter, taking advantage of its traditionally strong commercial sales in the period to extend its lead over rival Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Dell Inc. said its profit surged 25 percent in the third quarter as the world's largest personal computer maker posted record sales due to rising technology spending in the corporate and government sectors in the United States and abroad.
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Dell Inc. announced a deal Monday with China's largest electronics retailer to sell computers in stores throughout the country as the world's second-largest computer maker tries to expand in the booming Chinese market.
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Today, the first preliminary numbers for worldwide PC unit shipments from electronics research firm iSuppli are in: Dell lost 1.6% in global PC market share between 2005 and 2006, and its PC shipments declined 8.6% for the year. Hewlett-Packard, meanwhile, gained 2.7% of market share for the year, and shipped more than 20% more PCs than Dell during the fourth quarter.
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November 24, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Technology giant HP  announced on Tuesday it led the competition in worldwide server shipments for the 10th consecutive quarter, according to third quarter 2004 figures released by IDC.
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Dell Inc. DELL.O remained the  uncontested No.1 personal computer maker in the world,  following another quarter of strong growth, as the global PC  market grew 11.8 percent in 2004, market research firms said on  Tuesday.
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Offering a stark counterpoint to rival Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. (DELL) reported a nearly 30 percent jump in net income as strong sales of printers, servers and notched double-digit gains in overseas markets...
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IBM IBM.N, the world's biggest  computer maker, has regained its position at the head of the  Top 500 list of supercomputer installations, dislodging rival  NEC Corp. 6701.T of Japan, the company said on Monday.
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Dell Inc. (DELL.O), the world's largest PC maker, could announce an expanded selection of its consumer electronics line in the next several weeks, a retail industry analyst said on Wednesday.
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(InfoWorld) - Although a report indicates the world's largest PC vendor may be cutting back on some orders to PC manufacturers for the third and fourth quarters of this year, an executive at the company said the problem isn't in laptop PCs. A report published last week by Goldman Sachs Group said Hewlett-Packard cut orders to supply chain partners "mainly in desktop PCs and to a lesser degree on the notebook side," adding that the downward revision was "mainly from the U.S. with some from selected emerging markets, but so far no impact from Europe." The investment banking firm offered several reasons for the order pullback, including possible over-ordering, concerns of a potential end-demand slowdown attributed to the subprime problem in the U.S. and efforts to manage inventories ahead of the holidays. But a senior HP executive said it's business as usual in the company's laptop PC division. "There really has not been a slowdown in our order rate," said Ted Clark, senior vice president and general manager of HP's mobile computing global business unit. He said he could not comment on desktop PCs because that's not his area of expertise at the company. The PC industry has marked a stellar year this year with record shipments of laptop PCs in particular. But analysts and market researchers haveÂ grown more worried in recent weeksÂ that the weakening housing market in the U.S. and woes caused by risky home loans, called subprime loans, may cause consumers to slow their spending on new gadgets and computers. Most analysts say only time will tell whether theÂ housing issues have spilled over into consumer spending. The Goldman Sachs report is an attempt to gauge how consumer spending is affecting orders to PC manufacturers. Â