PC market: HP widens the gap with Dell

HP continued to expand, widening the gap with Dell to secure its position in the top position of the global personal computer market in the fourth quarter of 2006 .

The data that analysts of IDC and Gartner, the two leading technology research firms today, offer are slightly different, but overall, the result is still one: With PC revenue "beyond imagination "HP has shot up against the rest of the market and won the second-quarter revenue.

Overall, PC sales during the 2006 Christmas shopping season only grew at a modest rate of 7.4% (according to Gartner) and 8.7% (According to IDC), although this is always the time to do business. The busiest of the year. Two of the many "culprits" are said to be the scramble for users with PCs as flat-screen TVs and other consumer electronics devices.

Source: Internet-general In addition, many customers also postponed the decision to buy new computers because as of January 30, the Windows Vista version for new users is officially released.

However, experts from both IDC and Gartner have warned that the impact of Vista on the PC market is difficult to determine. If the manufacturer is willing to offer very good prices to liquidate the inventory, even if Vista has not yet launched, many buyers still come.

In the whole of 2006, PC sales increased by 9%, reaching approximately 230 million units. Leading businesses are still Dell, but the gap between the two giants is really close. Dell and HP, each holding 16-17% market share, outstripped Lenovo Group in third place (7%), Acer (6%) and Toshiba (4%).

This fall, HP achieved a spectacular overthrow, bringing down HP to become the best-selling computer company in the third quarter. This achievement continued to be maintained during the fourth quarter of 2006.

The company's sales this quarter jumped by 24% - the highest growth since 2000 back here. Meanwhile, Dell's sales dropped by 9%. As a result, HP holds about 17-18% of the global market share in the fourth quarter, while Dell holds only 14-15% of the market share.

Under the reign of Executive Director Mark Hurd, HP worked hard to build his position, and Dell was busy all day solving problems such as laptop recall scandal, audit investigation and especially strategic direction in next time.

Trong Cam