Global PC sales up 9.7% in Q2 2006

The worldwide PC market continued to grow at a healthy pace in Q2 2006, although slow growth in Europe limited worldwide shipments to an increase of 9.7% YTY, according to IDC.

Global PC market in Q2 2006
  Q2 2006 Q2 2005 QTQ
Vendor Shipments Share Shipments Share Growth
Dell 9,986 19.2% 9,002 19.0% 10.9%
HP 8,272 15.9% 7,320 15.4% 13.0%
Lenovo 4,010 7.7% 3,555 7.5% 12.8%
Acer 2,796 5.4% 2,061 4.3% 35.7%
Fujitsu Siemens 1,775 3.4% 1,771 3.7% 0.2%
Others 25,245 48.5% 23,767 50.1% 6.2%
All Vendors 52,084 100.0% 47,477 100.0% 9.7%
Source: IDC