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IDC Names Top PC Makers for Q2 (HPQ, DELL, AAPL)

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Research firm IDC has named the top PC makers for the second quarter of 2012. The top 5 global makers are:

  • Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 13.4 million units shipped, 15.5% market share
  • Lenovo Group Ltd., 12.9 million units, 14.9% share
  • Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), 9.6 million units, 11.1% share
  • Acer Group, 9 million units, 10.4% share
  • AsusTek Computer Inc., 6.1 million units, 7.1% share
  • All others, 35.6 million units, 41.1% share

Total global shipments numbered 86.7 million units.

In the U.S. market the top 5 PC makers are:

  • Hewlett-Packard, 4.1 million units shipped, 25.9% market share
  • Dell, 3.6 million units, 22.5%
  • Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), 1.8 million units, 11.4% share
  • Lenovo, 1.28 million units, 8% share
  • Acer Group, 1.25 million units, 7.9% share
  • All other, 3.9 million units, 24.4% share

Total U.S. shipments numbered 15.9 million units.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for a673b.bigscoots-temp.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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