Vendor	Q1'06 Sales (thousands)	Q1'06 Share	Q1'05 Shipments	Q1'05 Share	Shipment Growth
Dell	4,881	29.8%	4,870	32%	0.2%
Hewlett-Packard	3,021	18.5%	2,621	17.2%	15.3%
Gateway	1,229	7.5%	826	5.4%	48.8%
Toshiba	635	3.9%	509	3.3%	24.8%
Apple	570	3.5%	553	3.6%	3.1%
Others	6,023	36.8%	5,847	38.4%	3.0%
Total	16,358	100%	15,226	100%	7.4%

Source: Gartner Dataquest (April 2006)

Dell: Stagnant in the USA

Not even fire-sale prices in the second half of the period helped Dell hold its U.S. market share in the first quarter. The world's largest computer maker fared worse in the U.S. -- where it lost more than two percentage points of share and shipment growth barely budged-than globally, where its share slipped by less than half a percentage point and shipments grew 10.2%.

So who gained at Dell's expense? Just about every big rival, including Hewlett-Packard and Gateway, saw its slice of the U.S. market grow. Not Apple though. Its share slipped to 3.5% from 3.6%.

Also see:

Dell: Burned by a Fire Sale

HP's Wow Factor

Gateway's Gift to Gamers

Posted: 5/17/06