Compaq gains in PC market, still lags Dell
10/23/2000
By Crayton Harrison / The Dallas Morning News
Compaq Computer Corp. made gains in U.S. market share in the third quarter, but Dell Computer Corp. held its lead, according to research expected to be released Monday.
A report by research firm International Data Corp. said Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, increased its U.S. market share to 20.2 percent from 18.1 percent a year ago.
Houston-based Compaq saw its market share rise to 16.5 percent from 15.4 percent last year, the report said.
A study by rival research firm Gartner Dataquest had similar results.
In the worldwide market, Compaq led with a 13.1 percent market share to Dell's 11.5 percent.
"There continues to be a lot of competition between the two of them, and the results for the quarter didn't change that picture," said Loren Loverde, an analyst for IDC's PC research program.
Dataquest's report said the worldwide personal computer market grew 15.2 percent from the third quarter of last year, while IDC reported a gain of 18.3 percent.
That market growth could allay some analysts' fears that the market for personal computers is becoming saturated, Mr. Loverde said.
"Demand appears to be healthy around the world," he said. "It's very close to our expectations. That's a good sign for this quarter, and we're cautiously optimistic for the rest of the year."
After Dell and Compaq, Hewlett-Packard ranked third, Gateway was fourth, and IBM Corp. fifth in U.S market share in both studies.
Hewlett-Packard was third and IBM fourth in the global market, both studies said.
Dataquest listed NEC Computers fifth, while IDC ranked Fujitsu Siemens at that position.
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