Global first quarter PC sales still slow, Dell gains
Thursday April 18, 9:19 pm Eastern Time
By Peter Henderson
biz.yahoo.com
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (Reuters) - Global personal computer sales were sluggish in the first quarter, indicating the hobbling industry was nearing recovering, but slowly, two leading technology research firms said on Thursday.
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Both International Data Corp (IDC) and Gartner Dataquest released surveys showing Dell Computer Corp.(NasdaqNM:DELL - news) continued to take market share from competitors, chiefly in the United States at the expense of Compaq Computer Corp.(NYSE:CPQ - news) and Gateway Inc(NYSE:GTW - news).
IDC reported worldwide sales of PCs dropped 2.7 percent to 31.4 million computers and sales in the United States, which IDC expected to lead a recovery, slid 0.4 percent.
``The good news is that the U.S. market has truly reached low tide and is turning around, albeit slowly,'' IDC analyst Roger Kay said in a statement.
PC sales slid for the first time since 1985 in 2001, dropping 4.6 percent globally, according to Gartner, so that even a slight fall was taken as encouraging. |
