IDC Says Second Quarter PC Shipments Exceed Expectations
2009年7月16日 - 6:08AM
Dow Jones News
Market tracker IDC said Wednesday worldwide personal computer
shipments between April and June were better than expected.
Shipments fell 3.1% from a year ago, rather than the 6.3%
decline IDC forecast.
The findings suggest PC shipments will turn around by year's
end, according to IDC analyst Loren Loverde. "These results are a
very positive indicator for the second half of the year and should
support an expected return to growth by the year-end," she
said.
The IDC report marks the second consecutive day of good news for
PC makers. On Tuesday, microprocessor maker Intel Corp. (INTC)
provided fresh evidence of a PC market rebound by reporting second
fiscal quarter revenue and profit margins that were much stronger
than the first quarter. The company in April said the PC market
bottomed out.
During the quarter, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) kept its worldwide
No. 1 ranking. Its annual shipment growth was an anemic 3.6%, which
out-performed the market. It's market share is now 19.8%.
No. 2 Dell was the only top five PC maker to ship fewer
computers than the year before. While it benefited from new retail
partnerships to supplant Hewlett-Packard as tops in the U.S., Dell
was hurt by a steep drop in corporate IT spending worldwide. Dell's
13.7% worldwide market share is three full percentage points below
a year ago.
Acer Inc. (2353.TW) was unable to catch Dell in the standings,
despite the netbook maker selling 23% more computers than the year
before. It ended the quarter with a 12.7% share, which is a full
percentage point behind Dell.
Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) U.S. market share slipped to 7.6% after
shipping 12.4% fewer computers than a year ago, IDC said.
-By Ben Charny; Dow Jones Newswires; 415-765-8230;
ben.charny@dowjones.com