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Worldwide computer sales up 9.7 percent in third quarter
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    • PARIS (AFP) Oct 19, 2004
     Worldwide sales of computers rose 9.7 percent in third quarter 2004 compared with the figure for the same period last year, with Dell of the United States the sector leader with 16.8 percent of the market, the Gartner research institute said Tuesday.

    Unit sales came to 46.9 million in the July-September period against 42.8 million in the second quarter and 42.7 million in the third quarter of 2003.

    But the gain was weaker than Gartner analysts had predicted because of a slowdown in US sales, which increased five percent rather than an expected eight percent.

    After Dell in the sales table, the leading computer manufacturers were Hewlett-Packard, with 15 percent of the market, IBM, 5.6 percent, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Siemens 3.6 percent and Toshiba, 3.4 percent.




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