The PC industry is in decline. Or hadn’t you noticed? According to Gartner, PC shipments in the U.S slipped 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. (Microsoft also warned earlier this week that Q4 PC shipments were down). The only bright spot seems to be Apple, which grew shipments in the U.S. an estimated 20.7 percent. That makes Apple The No. 3 PC maker in the U.S.
HP and Dell are No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. They still command twice Apple’s 11.6 percent market share, with 23.1 percent share for HP and 22.4 percent share for Dell. But Apple is the only PC manufacturer in the top 5 that is growing. Halo effect, anyone? Or maybe it’s the stores. The only PC manufacturer which grew faster in the U.S than Apple was Lenovo, which grew 40 percent. But it didn’t sell enough PCs in the U.S. to crack the top 5.
Worldiwde, PC shipments fell an estimated 1.4 percent worldwide. Apple didn’t make it into the top 5 worldwide HP was still No. 1, but saw a 16 percent decline. Lenovo came in No. 2, with 23 percent growth. Dell is No. 3 worldwide. And Asus (No. 5) also saw strong growth in shipments of 20.5 percent.
The three tables below from Gartner are for quarterly shipments in the U.S., worldwide, and full-year shipments worldwide:
Table 2
Preliminary United States PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q11 (Units)
Company |
4Q11 Shipments |
4Q11 Market Share (%) |
4Q10 Shipments |
4Q10 Market Share (%) |
4Q11-4Q10 Growth (%) |
| HP | 4,137,833 | 23.1 | 5,598,619 | 29.4 | -26.1 |
| Dell | 4,020,549 | 22.4 | 4,210,000 | 22.1 | -4.5 |
| Apple | 2,074,800 | 11.6 | 1,718,400 | 9.0 | 20.7 |
| Toshiba | 1,925,100 | 10.7 | 1,968,091 | 10.3 | -2.2 |
| Acer Group | 1,756,838 | 9.8 | 1,982,477 | 10.4 | -11.4 |
| Others | 4,014,644 | 22.4 | 3,583,418 | 18.8 | 12.0 |
| Total | 17,929,764 | 100.0 | 19,061,005 | 100.0 | -5.9 |
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad.
Source: Gartner (January 2012)
Table 1
Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q11 (Units)
Company |
4Q11 Shipments |
4Q11 Market Share (%) |
4Q10 Shipments |
4Q10 Market Share (%) |
4Q11-4Q10 Growth (%) |
| HP | 14,712,266 | 16.0 | 17,554,181 | 18.8 | -16.2 |
| Lenovo | 12,931,136 | 14.0 | 10,516,772 | 11.3 | 23.0 |
| Dell | 11,633,880 | 12.6 | 10,796,317 | 11.6 | 7.8 |
| Acer Group | 9,823,214 | 10.7 | 12,043,606 | 12.9 | -18.4 |
| Asus | 6,243,118 | 6.8 | 5,180,913 | 5.5 | 20.5 |
| Others | 36,827,666 | 40.0 | 37,358,786 | 40.0 | -1.4 |
| Total | 92,171,280 | 100.0 | 93,450,575 | 100.0 | -1.4 |
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad.
Source: Gartner (January 2012)
Table 3
Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2011 (Units)
Company |
2011 Shipments |
2011 Market Share (%) |
2010 Shipments |
2010 Market Share (%) |
2011-2010 Growth (%) |
| HP |
60,554,726 |
17.2 |
62,741,274 |
17.9 |
-3.5 |
| Lenovo |
45,703,863 |
13.0 |
38,180,444 |
10.9 |
19.7 |
| Dell |
42,864,759 |
12.1 |
42,119,272 |
12.0 |
1.8 |
| Acer Group |
39,415,381 |
11.2 |
48,758,542 |
13.9 |
-19.2 |
| ASUS |
20,768,465 |
5.9 |
18,902,723 |
5.4 |
9.9 |
| Others |
143,499,792 |
40.7 |
140,198,078 |
40.0 |
2.4 |
| Total |
352,806,984 |
100.0 |
350,900,332 |
100.0 |
0.5 |
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad.
Source: Gartner (January 2012)
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