HP and Dell Still Dominating U.S. PC Sales
IDC has just released sales statistics for computer purchases in the U.S. and, as far as the top few players go, nothing much has changed.
HP, Dell and Acer remain the top three players in the computer market in the United States. HP accounts for 25.7 percent of the U.S. computer market, compared to 25.4 percent last year. Meanwhile, Dell experienced a little bit of a dip, accounting for 24 percent of the market, down from 24.4 percent in the same period 2009. Acer's market share also fell by a small margin, clocking in at 11 percent, down from 12.3 in Q2 of last year. Apple ranked in at number four, with 8.8 percent (up from 8.6 percent in Q2'09) and Toshiba comes in fifth place with 8.5 percent, a full percentage point more than in the same quarter 2009.
Worldwide, the top three spots are the same, with HP, Dell and Acer accounting for 18.1 percent, 13 percent and 12.6 percent respectively. Lenovo comes in fourth place with 10.2 percent, while Toshiba and Asus are tied for fifth place with 5.3 percent each.
Check out the tables below for more information, or head on over to IDC for the full press release.
*Units are in the thousands. Images via IDC


You mean Apple?
Apple is worse than HP, DELL, and ACER combined. Apple = Mediocre to plain low grade Guts, nice cases, and charge you an arm and a leg. The only thing that Apple has going for them from a Tech Savvy stand point is OSX (Take ur pros and cons with OSX vs Windows vs Linux). I would purchase Any Dell/HP over Apple....at least i know i still have my arms and legs.
Yeah, I wish businesses would see the quality of ASUS products. There warranty far exceeds Dells and they make a good product. Out of all my ASUS products, my laptop has never had a hardware problem. Plus I have never been much for Dells BIOS version they release. I prefer my Phoenix BIOS chip over any version.
You mean Apple?
Apple is worse than HP, DELL, and ACER combined. Apple = Mediocre to plain low grade Guts, nice cases, and charge you an arm and a leg. The only thing that Apple has going for them from a Tech Savvy stand point is OSX (Take ur pros and cons with OSX vs Windows vs Linux). I would purchase Any Dell/HP over Apple....at least i know i still have my arms and legs.
Their stuff is not high quality and they stiff you on stuff in the higher priced models (although not as much as Dell).
You mean Apple?
Apple is worse than HP, DELL, and ACER combined. Apple = Mediocre to plain low grade Guts, nice cases, and charge you an arm and a leg. The only thing that Apple has going for them from a Tech Savvy stand point is OSX (Take ur pros and cons with OSX vs Windows vs Linux). I would purchase Any Dell/HP over Apple....at least i know i still have my arms and legs.
Yes, you're right about Apple. But both HP and Dell far outsell Apple and are the top two sellers in the world. That's why I didn't include Apple in the post.
Jeez, There must be a lot of hidden Dell fanboys here. Every post that has a negative comment on Dell has been rated negatively, yet I don't see many comments supporting Dell!
yes...i agree with u...ASUS did make quality product...i just bought an ASUS laptop...its really looks sturdy and convince me that i will not get the same hardware problem with my previous HPCOMPAQ laptop...go ASUS!!
I see a lot of Dell at airports and a lot of HP at office locations.
Because most people think it'll be to complicated, I know when I did my first build I thought it was going to be difficult as all hell0, but it was really easy. Almost as easy as going up to a salesman and saying "Which one do you think I should get?"