CPQ comes in fourth!
I'm not sure if this has already been posted, but here is part of a recent article regarding pc sales.
"Fourth-quarter global growth in personal computer sales was 9.2 percent, a sharp slowdown from the rate earlier in the year, according to IDC.
Figures from competing market research firm Dataquest estimated the growth rate at 10.1 percent in the quarter with 37.9 million units sold. Dataquest said the slow close to the year dragged the annual growth rate for all of 2000 to 14.5 percent, down from 23 percent in 1999 and between 15-16 percent in 1998 and 1997.
Both research firms said Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) remained the top personal computer vendor in unit terms, but posted the slowest growth of the top four companies.
Dell gained the most. IDC showed Dell gaining 2 percentage points of market share with 30.9 percent growth in the fourth quarter, while Dataquest said Dell unit sales rose 41 percent.
Hewlett-Packard, the third largest computer maker, also grew strongly, at just under 19 percent, both firms said." |
