PC shipments in the United States increased by 6.7% on aggressive competition among the market leaders following slower growth the prior two quarters. Latin America and Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) also saw strong growth in the quarter, while growth in Japan was slower than expected.
| US PC market in Q2 2006 | |||||
| Q2 2006 | Q2 2005 | QTQ | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | Growth |
| Dell | 5,437 | 34.2% | 5,111 | 34.3% | 6.4% |
| HP | 3,195 | 20.1% | 2,765 | 18.6% | 15.5% |
| Gateway | 1,039 | 6.5% | 890 | 6.0% | 16.7% |
| Apple | 760 | 4.8% | 655 | 4.4% | 16.0% |
| Lenovo | 640 | 4.0% | 608 | 4.1% | 5.3% |
| Others | 4,805 | 30.3% | 4,855 | 32.6% | -1.0% |
| All Vendors | 15,876 | 100.0% | 14,884 | 100.0% | 6.7% |
| Source: IDC | |||||