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IDC Top Five Vendors, U.S. PC Shipments, First Quarter 2004 (preliminary)

Q1 2004		Q1 2004	Market	Q1 2003	Market	Growth
Rank	Vendor	Shipments	Share	Shipments	Share	2004/2003

1	Dell	4,592	33.5%	3,727	31.4%	23.2%
2	HP	2,554	18.6%	2,307	19.5%	10.7%
3	IBM	612	4.5%	567	4.8%	7.9%
4	eMachines	452	3.3%	364	3.1%	24.2%
5	Gateway	410	3.0%	489	4.1%	-16.2%

	Others	5,102	37.2%	4,407	37.2%	15.8%

	All Vendors	13,722	100.0%	11,862	100.0%	15.7%

Notes:

IDC estimates prior to Gateway financial earnings reports Shipments include shipments to distribution channels or end users. OEM sales are counted under the vendor/brand under which they are sold. PCs includes Desktop, Notebook, Ultra Portable, and x86 Servers. PCs do not include handhelds. Data for all vendors are reported for calendar periods.

Gartner
Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 1Q04
(Thousands of Units)

Company	1Q04 Shipments	1Q04 Market Share (%)	1Q03 Shipments	1Q03 Market Share (%)	1Q03-1Q04 Growth (%)
Dell	4,489	30.3	3,634	27.4	23.5
Hewlett-Packard	2,544	17.2	2,274	17.1	11.9
IBM	606	4.1	568	4.3	6.7
eMachines	479	3.2	364	2.7	31.5
Gateway	405	2.7	489	3.7	-17.2
Others	6,274	42.4	5,932	44.7	5.8
Total	14,797	100.0	13,262	100.0	11.6

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs and IA-32 servers.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (April 2004)

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