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HP Still #1 Globally, Dell & Apple Lose Ground

Posted by Zealot on July 15, 2009 – 3:49 pm  Share
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computers_0219 The IDC just released PC sales figures for Q2/09 and it is clear the poor economy was having a big effect on sales. Overall sales were down both in the US and globally with Dell being the big loser, dropping a fifth of their 2008 share in 2009. That translates to losing about 5 percent in real market share in the US and 2.5 percent globally. Acer increased by about the same shares that Dell lost and is growing fast in the US, increasing their market share by 50 percent of what it was in 2008.

Apple dropped to fifth in the US in terms of PC sales. The company had been third in 2008 but was overtaken by both Acer and Toshiba in the US. Apple is not in the top five globally. Most analysts are attributing Apple’s drop to the economy, noting the high prices of Macs as well as the public perception of Macs as “luxury items”. On top of that, lower priced MacBooks were introduced too late to affect these figures, debuting in June.

I would be interested in seeing figures on how many (if any) of the PCs included in these results were netbooks. If netbooks WERE included in the figures then the success of the Acer Aspire One and the relative failure of Dell’s netbook line, not to mention to total lack of a netbook product from Apple, may have been a major contributor to the rise and fall of these companies last quarter.


(Source – Electronista)

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  • Ummm, regarding this:

    "On top of that, lower priced MacBooks were introduced too late to affect these figures, debuting in **June**."

    Isn't all of June actually *in* the second quarter?
  • I think the point is that June is at the end of the quarter, so they would have had at most 1/3 of the quarter to affect results. If they were introduced later, the affect would be less.

    However, I think "significantly affect these figures" would have made more sense.

    Steve
  • Well, the actual point is that when Apple reported their results for the second quarter, Mac sales were actually up 4%. So, yes, the newly introduced MacBooks (and the student free iPod promotion) seems to have had a great affect.
  • That may be a fact, but that certainly wasn't the story's point. :D

    Also, are you sure that was Apple's second quarter? According to their press release, Apple just reported third, not second, quarter earnings.

    CUPERTINO, California—July 21, 2009—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended June 27, 2009.


    Fiscal quarters and calendar quarters don't necessarily match.

    Furthermore, Apple's numbers are for worldwide sales.

    Apple sold 2.6 million Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing a four percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.


    The 1.213 million Macs mentioned in this article were for U.S. sales. Assuming both figures are correct, that means that Apple sells over 50% of Macs internationally. Sales could be down in the U.S. but up internationally.

    Finally, assuming "MacBook" refers to the new MacBook Pros (the only press release I saw in June for MacBooks), they were introduced on June 8, leaving only 23 days (including the 8th) in the calendar quarter for sales. Assuming not all Macs sold are MacBook Pros, I don't believe that you've established that the introduction significantly affected sales.

    Steve
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