SAN JOSE, Calif., August 1, 2002 - While the overall number of PC shipments suffered a slight decline in the second quarter of 2002, the mobile PC segment managed positive growth, according to preliminary results from Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB).

The number of worldwide mobile PC shipments totaled 6.9 million units in the second quarter of 2002, a 6.1 percent increase from the second quarter of 2001 when shipments totaled 6.5 million units. By comparison, worldwide PC shipments declined 1 percent in the second quarter of 2002 compared to the second quarter of last year.

"Continuing growth in mobile PCs provides some good news in a worldwide PC market that overall remains weak," said Charles Smulders, vice president of Gartner Dataquest's Computing Platforms Worldwide group. "The mobile PC market grew in most regions except for Japan and Latin America. The U.S. mobile PC market grew 9.3 percent year over year, supported by the beginning of back-to-school purchases, as well as orders from educational institutions."

Dell and HP are in a virtual tie for the No. 1 position, but Dell increased shipments by 10.6 percent, while HP shipments declined 0.4 percent (see Table 1).

Table 1
Preliminary Worldwide Mobile PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2Q02 (Thousands of Units)

Company	2Q02 Shipments	2Q02 Market Share (%)	2Q01 Shipments	2Q01 Market Share (%)	Growth (%)
Dell	1,025	14.9	926	14.2	10.6
Hewlett-Packard	1,012	14.7	1,016	15.6	-0.4
Toshiba	885	12.8	794	12.2	11.4
IBM	737	10.7	733	11.3	0.6
Sony	489	7.1	465	7.1	5.2
Others	2,753	39.9	2,572	39.5	7.0
Total	6,901	100.0	6,506	100.0	6.1

Toshiba's double-digit growth was attributed to significant increases in shipments both in the United States and Western Europe. IBM showed modest growth in the United States and Western Europe. Sony grew substantially in Western Europe, while it showed softness in the U.S. market.

"We expect the notebook market to outperform the deskbased market in unit growth terms in 2002 and 2003," Smulders said. "PC vendors need to continue to focus resources on delivering value-based notebook products to the consumer market."

These results are preliminary. Final statistics will be available soon to clients of Gartner Dataquest's PC Quarterly Statistics Worldwide by Region program. This program offers a comprehensive and timely picture of the worldwide PC market, allowing product planning, distribution, marketing and sales organizations to keep abreast of key issues and their future implications around the globe. To subscribe to this program, please call 408-468-8000. Additional research can be found on Gartner's Hardware and Systems Focus Area on Gartner's Web site at www.gartner.com/1_researchanalysis/focus/hwmkt_fa.html.

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