Dell and HP Continue to Lead Worldwide PC Sales for Q3 2007

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IDC reported this week some preliminary numbers for the volume level of PC shipments by brand throughout the world for Q3 2007. Shipments were up 15.5% over Q3 2006. HP remains number one in the world for PC shipments, while Dell is number one in the U.S. Notebook shipments of course continue to outpace the growth of desktops.

U.S. PC sales results for Q3 2007

In the U.S Dell was the number one in terms of total volume of PCs shipped (a PC is defined as a desktop PC, notebook, or x86 server -- handheld computers are not included). HP remains number two in the U.S. and had a solid growth of 17% volume shipped in the U.S. over Q3 2006. Apple has now propelled to #3 in the U.S. for volume of computers shipped.

Top 5 Vendors, United States PC Shipments, Third Quarter 2007 (Units Shipments are in thousands)

Rank	Vendor	3Q07 Shipments	Market Share	3Q06 Shipments	Market Share	3Q07/3Q06 Growth
1	Dell	5,010	28.0%	5,260	30.9%	-4.8%
2	HP	4,346	24.3%	3,718	21.8%	16.9%
3	Apple	1,127	6.3%	973	5.7%	15.9%
4	Toshiba	940	5.2%	805	4.7%	16.7%
5	Gateway	865	4.8%	1,009	5.9%	-14.2%
	Others	5,633	31.4%	5,272	30.9%	6.9%

	All Vendors	17,922	100.0%	17,037	100.0%	5.2%

Although Acer is not currently in the top 5 for U.S. share of PC sales, with their acquisition of Gateway that will obviously change in the future.

Worldwide PC sales results for Q3 2007

Japan had flat growth of PC shipments over Q3 2006. Interestingly NEC is the number one PC vendor in that country, though it's hard to find an NEC notebook anywhere outside of Japan.

Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) saw large growth in the number of notebooks shipped for Q3 2007. Acer has its core market in this region and that company continued to strengthen its position by increasing sales 60% in the EMEA over Q3 2006.

Asia (not including Japan) is the realm of Lenovo in terms of PC sales. Lenovo was the clear #1 in this region, but HP and Acer are catching up on the Chinese based company. Lenovo was able to grow sales 23% worldwide over Q3 2006.

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide PC Shipments, Third Quarter 2007 (Units Shipments are in thousands)

Rank	Vendor	3Q07 Shipments	Market Share	3Q06 Shipments	Market Share	3Q07/3Q06 Growth
1	HP	13,094	19.6%	9,848	17.0%	33.0%
2	Dell	10,180	15.2%	9,807	16.9%	3.8%
3	Lenovo	5,502	8.2%	4,476	7.7%	22.9%
4	Acer	5,436	8.1%	3,415	5.9%	59.2%
5	Toshiba	2,925	4.4%	2,494	4.3%	17.3%
	Others	29,713	44.4%	27,859	48.1%	6.7%

	All Vendors	66,850	100.0%	57,899	100.0%	15.5%

According to IDC, shipments of PCs should continue to have strong growth going into the end of the year. The only fly in the ointment is component shortages for things like batteries and screens that could force prices higher, but this will likely affect small PC vendors more than the larger companies.

Read the full IDC report for more

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