Hi Pat! European PC Shipments Rise 5.6% in the First Quarter: Dataquest
quote.bloomberg.com
London, May 5 (Bloomberg) -- European personal computer
shipments rose 5.6 percent in the first quarter from the same
period a year ago, although fewer people bought desktop computers
in the region.
European PC shipments reached 7.5 million units, up from 7.1
million a year earlier, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of
Stamford, Connecticut-based Gartner Group Inc. Still, desktop
shipments in the first quarter grew less than 1 percent over
shipments a year ago.
``A failure in the deskbound growth rates has damped the
whole market down,'' said Howard Seabrook, a Dataquest analyst.
``However in contrast mobile computer shipments grew 38 percent in
the first quarter, a performance hampered by lack of supply rather
than lack of demand.''
Compaq Computer Corp. led with 14 percent of the market in
the first quarter, while Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Computer
Corp., the world's largest direct PC seller, were the only
computer makers among the top five who increased market share.
Dell increased its market share to 9.1 percent, taking the third
spot, while HP increased its share to 6.9 percent.
Germany continued to lead the region with shipments of 1.7
million units -- a 5.3 percent increase from the same period last
year. The U.K. followed with 1.5 million units, 8.9 percent more
than a year ago. |
