No. Industry year-over-yeat growth was only 10%... Apple had a 12% growth. It is ahead of the market, which means it is growing faster than the industry.
Sort of like being the best yodeler in Compton.
Table 2
Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2Q06
(Thousands of Units)
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2Q06 2Q06 Market 2Q05 2Q05 Market 2Q06-2Q05
Company Shipments Share (%) Shipments Share (%) Growth (%)
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Dell 5,302 32.0 4,988 32.0 6.3
Hewlett-Packard 3,127 18.9 2,713 17.4 15.2
Gateway 1,035 6.2 890 5.7 16.3
Apple Computer 766 4.6 663 4.3 15.4
Lenovo 639 3.9 607 3.9 5.3
Others 5,717 34.5 5,724 36.7 -0.1
Total 16,587 100.00 15,585 100.0 6.4
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Note: Data includes deskbased PCs, mobile PCs and X86 servers.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (July 2006)
Dell 6.3% + HP 15.2% + Gateway 16.3% + Lenvo 5.3 + others -0.1 = 43%
Apple 15.4%