BAD HARDWARE WEEK

Dell loses market share to HP, says IDC
AMD and HP ready corporate desktop push
Intel & Dell down.
PC shipments increased by 13.1 percent in the first quarter, according to research firm Gartner, thanks in part to sales in emerging markets and to consumers. Overall, 57 million PCs, notebooks and servers based on so-called x86 chips were sent to customers. Rival IDC came up with similar results and rankings although the exact numbers are slightly different.
The Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker saw shipments rise worldwide by 10.2 percent from the first quarter of 2005, resulting in a decline in market share from 16.9 percent to 16.5 percent.

Gartner further added that, in processors, Advanced Micro Devices gained market share over Intel in the last seven quarters. Before Intel's next generation paper launch: The whole 2 years.

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