PC market up 18.8% in 2005, Dell the leader with 18.1%

IDC published its data on the global PC market in 2005. PC shipments went up by 18.8% in 2005, with Dell, HP and Lenovo maintaining market leadership with 18.1%, 15.6% and 6.2% shares of the market. Combining Lenovo amd IBM results yields a stronger 7.2% market share for Lenovo.

Global PC market in 2005
	2005		2004		Growth
Vendor	Shipments, 000	Share, %	Shipments, 000	Share, %	YTY
Dell	37,732	18.1%	31,769	17.7%	18.8%
HP	32,525	15.6%	28,101	15.7%	15.7%
Lenovo	12,995	6.2%	4,183	2.3%	210.7%
Lenovo (Merged)	15,106	7.2%	13,690	7.6%	10.3%
Acer	9,803	4.7%	6,368	3.6%	53.9%
Fujitsu Siemens	8,489	4.1%	7,187	4.0%	18.1%
Others	107,041	51.3%	101,573	56.7%	5.4%
All Vendors	208,586	100.0%	179,181	100.0%	16.4%
Source: IDC