Who are the Top 10 PC makers (dell, lenovo, hp etc.) worldwide in
order of their market share? what is the market share of each PC maker
(latest available)?
- PC makers mean both PC and laptop.
- If not top 10, top 7 ot 8 will do.
- If you have top 8 in order of market share and market share numbers
for only top 5, i'll take that.

Hello g8question4u,  

Worldwide PC market share data according to Gartner Research:

1.  Dell                     16.5%
2.  HP                       14.9% 
3.  Lenovo                    6.0%
4.  Acer                      5.0% 
5.  Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens   3.9%
6.  Apple                     2.0%

?Gartner researchers say that worldwide PC shipments totaled 57
million units in Q1-06, a 13.1% increase over the same period last
year, on its preliminary figures.?

?Dell was the leading supplier, shipping 9.4 million units for a 16.5%
market share. It was followed by HP (14.9%), Lenovo (6.0%), Acer (5%)
and Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens (3.9%).?

Guardian Unlimited: June 6, 2006  
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/pc/


Apple's share of the worldwide market is  2.0 percent

?According to research firm Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totaled 57
million units in the first quarter of 2006, representing a 13.1
percent increase over the same period last year. But in that time,
Apple's share of the worldwide market slipped from 2.2 percent to a
mere 2.0 percent, the firm's data shows.?

Apple Insider: June 1, 2006
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1781


TOP PC VENDERS BY MARKET SHARE WORLDWIDE 
Vendor                        Share
1 Dell                        18.1%
2 HP                          15.6%
3 Lenovo                       6.2%
4 Acer                         4.7%
5 Fujitsu/Fujistu Siemens      4.1%


Source: An IDC preliminary ranking of 2005 shipments, in thousands. 
1) Data for Lenovo includes shipments for IBM PCs (including Desktop
and Portable PCs and excluding x86 Servers and Personal Workstations)
starting in Q2 2005, and only Lenovo data for prior quarters.

Advertising Age Supplement Fact Pack 2006
Published April 17, 2006
http://www.adage.com/images/random/Interactivefactpack06.pdf



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PC market share Global OR worldwide percent Dell HP Apple Acer Lenova


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards, 
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by g8question4u-ga on 06 Jun 2006 10:54 PDT

How did you assume Apple is no 6?

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 06 Jun 2006 11:13 PDT

Since I found Apple?s market share and I wasn?t able to locate market
share data for other PC manufacturers, I placed Apple in the sixth
spot. I apologize for the misunderstanding; I didn?t mean to imply
that Apple is number 6.