Packard Bell still clinging to the number 5 position, worldwide. They're number 2 in US sales. Notice the 16% growth rate for the industry. Doesn't look like a slow down....................................
Third-quarter PC sales jump 16 percent, led by Compaq
Reuters Story - October 26, 1997 16:43
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By Kourosh Karimkhany
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 (Reuters) - Worldwide third-quarter
personal computer sales jumped 16 percent amid steady demand
from consumers, strong spending by businesses and falling
prices that made the machines more affordable, two market
research firms said Sunday.
PC powerhouses Compaq Computer Corp. and Dell
Computer Corp. continued to gain market share during
the quarter at the expense of International Business Machines
Corp. and smaller manufacturers, market researchers
Dataquest and International Data Corp. said in their quarterly
reports.
"The war between Compaq and Dell is creating many
casualties," said Dataquest senior analyst Charles Smulders.
"Their individual gains are at the expense of most of the other
PC manufacturers."
Worldwide, PC shipments in the third quarter rose to 19.55
million from 16.91 million the year before, according to IDC.
In the United States, shipments jumped 20 percent to 8.38
million from 6.98 million, IDC said.
Unit shipments for Compaq, the world's biggest PC maker,
rose 56 percent in the third quarter to 2.77 million PCs,
giving the Houston-based company 13.7 percent of the worldwide
market, according to Dataquest. In the United States, one in
five PCs sold was a Compaq machine.
Dell, the No. 3 vendor behind Compaq and IBM, saw its
shipments rise 60 percent to 1.22 million, giving it 6 percent
of the worldwide market.
IBM's shipments rose a modest 11 percent to 1.66 million
for an 8.2 percent market share. IBM's corporate PCs, portables
and servers -- network computers -- sold well, but its consumer
Aptiva line was overpriced compared with the rest of the
market, dragging down total growth, IDC said.
Hewlett-Packard Co. had the biggest shipment
increase. Worldwide shipments jumped 68 percent to 1.18
million, giving H-P the No. 4 spot with 5.8 percent of the
market, Dataquest said.
Closely held Packard Bell NEC Inc. was the fifth-biggest
vendor worldwide. Its shipments declined 7.6 percent to
940,000, giving the company a 4.6 percent share of the market,
Dataquest said.
Geographically, Europe, paced by France and Italy, and
Southeast Asia had strong demand, IDC said. But worldwide
growth was hampered by Japan, where a wobbly economy and high
prices led to a 12 percent unit shipment decrease, IDC said. |
