HP widens lead in global PC market
HP extended its lead position in the worldwide PC market, according to results from the first calendar quarter of 2007 released today by IDC. It has continued to widen its market share lead over its closest competitor while posting record operating...
HP extended its lead position in the worldwide PC market, according to results from the first calendar quarter of 2007 released today by IDC. It has continued to widen its market share lead over its closest competitor while posting record operating profit in its most recently reported first quarter results. Results from the analyst firm for the period also mark the seventh consecutive quarter that HP has grown faster worldwide than the global market.
According to IDC's report, HP extended its worldwide PC shipment unit share lead to 3.9 percentage points over its nearest competitor for a market share of 19.1 per cent. HP worldwide PC shipments grew at a rate of 28.2 per cent year-over-year, more than two and a half times faster than the growth rate for the overall worldwide PC market for the period.
HP's US PC shipments grew 25.5 per cent - more than seven times faster than the market in the first quarter - to increase share to 24.2 per cent from 20 per cent for the same period in 2006.
HP's personal systems products include hand-helds, smartphones, notebooks, desktops, MediaSmart servers, plus the new categories of "walk-up" computing and entertainment devices and next-generation TVs. HP products are offered through the industry's broadest global distribution channels of direct, online and retail with more than 250,000 worldwide reseller partners and retail outlets.
Additional information on the products and new designs is available at www.hp.com/go/desktopdesign
According to IDC's report, HP extended its worldwide PC shipment unit share lead to 3.9 percentage points over its nearest competitor for a market share of 19.1 per cent. HP worldwide PC shipments grew at a rate of 28.2 per cent year-over-year, more than two and a half times faster than the growth rate for the overall worldwide PC market for the period.
HP's US PC shipments grew 25.5 per cent - more than seven times faster than the market in the first quarter - to increase share to 24.2 per cent from 20 per cent for the same period in 2006.
HP's personal systems products include hand-helds, smartphones, notebooks, desktops, MediaSmart servers, plus the new categories of "walk-up" computing and entertainment devices and next-generation TVs. HP products are offered through the industry's broadest global distribution channels of direct, online and retail with more than 250,000 worldwide reseller partners and retail outlets.
Additional information on the products and new designs is available at www.hp.com/go/desktopdesign