Apple's 3rd calendar quarter of 2005, in context
Figures are for worldwide sales (in thousands):
Q3 2005 Q3 2005 Market Q3 2004 Market ShpGrowth ShrGrowth Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments Share 2005/2004 2005/2004 ------- --------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- 1 Dell 9,483 17.96% 8,050 17.85% 17.80% 0.59% 2 Hewlett-Packard 8,464 16.03% 7,178 15.92% 17.92% 0.69% 3 IBM / Lenovo 4,072 7.71% 3,602 7.99% 13.05% -3.47% 4 Acer 2,493 4.72% 1,622 3.60% 53.70% 31.25% 5 Fujitsu Siemens 1,995 3.78% 1,735 3.85% 14.99% -1.81% Apple 1,236 2.34% 836 1.85% 47.85% 26.25% Gateway 1,167 2.21% 931 2.06% 25.35% 7.04% All Vendors 52,809 100.0% 45,095 100.0% 17.11%
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 gateway.com gateway.com 3. Figures for all other manufacturers are "preliminary estimates" from IDC: idc.com (10/17/05) |