Apple's 4th calendar quarter of 2005, in context
Figures are for worldwide sales (in thousands):
Q4 2005 Q4 2005 Market Q4 2004 Market ShpGrowth ShrGrowth Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments Share 2005/2004 2005/2004 ------- --------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- 1 Dell 10,539 17.25% 8,774 16.81% 20.12% 2.59% 2 Hewlett-Packard 9,564 15.65% 8,257 15.82% 15.83% -1.07% 3 IBM / Lenovo 4,414 7.22% 3,919 7.51% 12.63% -3.80% 4 Acer 3,302 5.40% 2,165 4.15% 52.52% 30.27% 5 Fujitsu Siemens 2,535 4.15% 2,058 3.94% 23.18% 5.21% Apple 1,254 2.05% 1,046 2.00% 19.89% 2.39% Gateway 1,359 2.22% 1,199 2.30% 13.34% -3.19% All Vendors 61,100 100.0% 52,186 100.0% 17.08%
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 (1/18/06) |