Apple's 1st calendar quarter of 2005, in context
Figures are for worldwide sales (in thousands):
Q1 2005 Q1 2005 Market Q1 2004 Market ShpGrowth ShrGrowth Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments Share 2005/2004 2005/2004 ------- --------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- 1 Dell 8,727 18.90% 7,682 18.45% 13.60% 2.43% 2 Hewlett-Packard 7,110 15.40% 6,431 15.45% 10.56% -0.32% 3 IBM 2,337 5.06% 2,290 5.50% 1.97% -8.06% 4 Fujitsu Siemens 2,144 4.64% 1,868 4.49% 14.78% 3.49% 5 Acer 1,834 3.97% 1,368 3.29% 34.06% 20.88% Apple 1,070 2.32% 749 1.80% 42.86% 28.81% Gateway 941 2.04% 604 1.45% 55.79% 40.47% All Vendors 46,167 100.0% 41,626 100.0% 10.91%
Notes: 1. Figures for Apple are actual unit shipments for the periods, obtained from apple.com apple.com 2. Figures for Gateway are actual unit shipments for the periods, obtained from prnewswire.com prnewswire.com 3. Figures for all other manufacturers are "preliminary estimates" from IDC: idc.com (4/15/05) 4. Figures for Gateway in the first calendar quarter of 2005 include shipments from its recently acquired E-machines unit, while Gateway's CY 1Q04 figures do not. |