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Dells dominance continues as the entire pc industry grows
Jan 18 2005-Dell extends lead in PC sales, with a full third of the market in the United States.
In the fourth quarter, Dell had a 33 percent cut of pc sales, and a 33.1 percent for the entire year in the United States, in the fourth quarter in worldwide sales Dell had a 17 percent cut, and 21.1 percent growth, and for the year a 17.9 percent of worldwide pc sales.
The biggest growth came from Acer, who saw shipments increase by 34 percent to put them in the top five worldwide in pc sales. Gateway and Apple had gains, but only 6.4 percent and 3.3 percent in pc sales in the states respectively.
HP also saw growth, but was than the entire market for the quarter and the year, HP was ranked 1 in the last quarter of 2003, but only has 23 percent of the market in the United States and only 16 percent share of the world pc market.
IBM held onto the third spot in the worldwide market, but fell to fourth place because of the Gateway computers and eMachines merger. IBM sales slumped after they announced they were selling the PC division, but had a strong finish to the quarter as corporations and schools cleaned out the surplus money of their budgets buying upgrades and new pc's. They announced Tuesday that they had 3 billion in profits for the fourth quarter, their best quarter in history, currently.
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