Dell rides booming PC market in Q1
ENT News | at | by Mike
Dell recaptured the lead from HP for total worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2004, a period when the overall PC market saw double-digit growth on strong U.S. and European demand, according to IDC.
For the quarter, Dell had year-on-year growth of 28 percent to nearly 7.7 million unit shipments. That represented 18.6 percent of the 41.2-million-unit worldwide PC market for the quarter. Overall the market grew compared against the year-ago quarter by 16.5 percent.