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Gartner Says Lower Prices and Mobility Drive Worldwide PC Shipments to 17 Percent Increase in Third Quarter of 2005 |
STAMFORD, Conn., October 18, 2005 - Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55 million units in the third quarter of 2005, a 17.2 percent increase from the third quarter of 2004, according to Gartner, Inc.
"Strong market growth continued to be driven by lower prices and mobility in the third quarter," said Charles Smulders, vice president of Gartner's Computing Platforms Worldwide Group. "These factors sped up new PC adoption and replacement activities. Overall market growth exceeded expectations, with home demand for mobile being particularly strong."
Dell continued to lead the PC industry in worldwide PC shipments (see Table 1). However for the first time in 7 years, Dell's worldwide PC shipment growth rate was essentially equal to the worldwide average, rather than significantly above it. Gartner analysts said the results reflect Dell's focus on increasing profitability rather than pursuing market share gains.
Table 1
Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q05 (Thousands of Units)
| Company |
3Q05 Shipments |
3Q05 Market Share (%) |
3Q04 Shipments |
3Q04 Market Share (%) |
3Q05-3Q04 Growth (%) |
| Dell Inc. |
9,243.9 |
16.8 |
7,861.0 |
16.7 |
17.6 |
| Hewlett-Packard |
8,350.0 |
15.2 |
7,049.3 |
15.0 |
18.5 |
| Lenovo |
4,050.2 |
7.4 |
3,459.6 |
7.4 |
17.1 |
| Acer |
2,442.7 |
4.4 |
1,580.5 |
3.4 |
54.5 |
| Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens |
2,036.7 |
3.7 |
1,730.7 |
3.7 |
17.7 |
| Others |
28,918.6 |
52.5 |
25,288.0 |
53.8 |
14.4 |
| Total |
55,042.1 |
100.0 |
46,969.1 |
100.0 |
17.2 |
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs and X86 servers.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (October 2005)
Hewlett-Packard's worldwide growth was slightly ahead of the worldwide average. HP experienced steady growth in the United States, but disappointing results in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
In the United States, PC shipments totaled 17.9 million units in the third quarter of 2005, a 10.5 percent increase from the same period last year (see Table 2). Back to school PC purchases were the largest growth segment for vendors. The home market received a boost from mobile PC sales.
"Solid mobile PC growth in the U.S. home market indicates the growing number of households with multiple PCs," said Mika Kitagawa, principal analyst in Gartner's Computing Platforms Worldwide Group.
Table 2
Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q05 (Thousands of Units)
| Company |
3Q05 Shipments |
3Q05 Market Share (%) |
3Q04 Shipments |
3Q04 Market Share (%) |
3Q05-3Q04 Growth (%) |
| Dell Inc. |
5,505.7 |
30.7 |
4,918.8 |
30.3 |
11.9 |
| Hewlett-Packard |
3,430.0 |
19.1 |
3,093.2 |
19.1 |
10.9 |
| Gateway |
1,070.0 |
6.0 |
800.1 |
4.9 |
33.7 |
| Lenovo |
751.6 |
4.2 |
721.0 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
| Apple Computer |
744.4 |
4.2 |
520.9 |
3.2 |
42.9 |
| Others |
6,428.3 |
35.9 |
6,173.0 |
38.0 |
4.1 |
| Total |
17,930.0 |
100.0 |
16,227.1 |
100.0 |
10.5 |
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs and X86 servers.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (October 2005)
In EMEA, PC shipments totaled 17 million units in the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 18.2 percent compared to the same period in 2005.
Table 3
Preliminary EMEA PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q05 (Thousands of Units)
| Company |
3Q05 Shipments |
3Q05 Market Share (%) |
3Q04 Shipments |
3Q04 Market Share (%) |
3Q05-3Q04 Growth (%) |
| Hewlett-Packard |
2,712 |
15.9 |
2,363 |
16.4 |
14.8 |
| Dell Inc. |
1,945 |
11.4 |
1,542 |
10.7 |
26.1 |
| Acer |
1,521 |
8.9 |
1,034 |
7.2 |
47.1 |
| Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens |
1,264 |
7.4 |
991 |
6.9 |
27.5 |
| Lenovo |
688 |
4.0 |
638 |
4.4 |
7.9 |
| Others |
8,925 |
52.3 |
7,864 |
54.5 |
13.5 |
| Total |
17,054 |
100.0 |
14,433 |
100.0 |
18.2 |
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs and X32/64 servers.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (October 2005)
"For the third consecutive quarter this year the PC market in EMEA showed robust shipment growth," said Ranjit Atwal, analyst for Gartner's computing platform group in EMEA. "In the first half of the year we saw significant price declines boost demand. In the third quarter of 2005, the cost of PC components stabilized and further declines in PC prices were less severe however demand remained strong. This could mean that prices for consumer PCs reached an optimal point, encouraging both new users to buy earlier and replacement buyers to purchase sooner than expected."
After a strong performance above the market average in the second quarter of 2005, Hewlett-Packard has fallen behind in the third quarter. Whilst the company's mobile growth was strong, it achieved lower growth from the desk-based market, dragging down overall growth. This continued trend has allowed Dell to reduce the market share difference between the top two vendors by over three percent since Hewlett-Packard's merger with Compaq.
"The top ten vendors strengthened their position by gaining market shares to the detriment of local vendors in Western Europe, who again found themselves uncompetitive in the mobile PC market. The strongest performing vendors were Acer, Apple Computers and NEC," Mr Atwal added.
The outlook for the fourth quarter is expected to be strong, making 2005 record an impressive double digit shipment growth for the EMEA PC market.
In Asia/Pacific, PC shipments grew more than 31 percent. This growth rate was attributed to strong demand from the Northern Asian countries, namely China, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, as well as India.
PC shipments in Japan grew 9 percent in the third quarter of 2005. Most of the major vendors introduced new products targeting the year-end shopping season in early September. Last year, PC vendors were impacted by an extremely hot summer in Japan, as many consumers bought air conditioning units instead of PCs. This year, PC vendors have done much better in the consumer segment.
In Latin America, PC shipments increase 22 percent. Low-cost government-sponsored PC programs attributed to strong sales, including a newly created initiative in Chile. Consumer sales continued to gain momentum as prices continued to decline.
These results are preliminary. Final statistics will be available soon to clients of Gartner'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 Client Platforms Focus Area on Gartner's Web site at http://www.gartner.com/research/focus_areas/asset_57051_815.jsp.
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