Top US PC vendors in Q2 2004

Top 5 Vendors, U.S. PC Shipments, Second Quarter 2004 (Preliminary)
(Units Shipments are in thousands)

Q2 2004 Q2 2004 Market Q2 2003 Market Growth Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments Share 2004/2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

1 Dell 4,396 32.9% 3,784 31.4% 16.2% 2 HP 2,574 19.3% 2,288 19.0% 12.5% 3 Gateway 752 5.6% 474 3.9% 58.5% 4 IBM 750 5.6% 684 5.7% 9.7% 5 Apple 495 3.7% 452 3.8% 9.3%

Others 4,391 32.9% 4,357 36.2% 0.8%

All Vendors 13,357 100.0% 12,039 100.0% 10.9%

Gateway (Merged) 752 5.6% 832 6.9% -9.6