Dell Technologies also had a productive quarter with shipments of just over 11 million (the first time it has done so since 4Q11) and growth of 8.2%. The number 3 vendor managed positive year-on-year growth in every region with strong notebook volume as well as a positive desktop quarter.
Apple was boosted by the launch of new MacBook Pro models during the fourth quarter. The company moved back into fourth place and stabilized global shipments.
ASUS growth slipped in the fourth quarter, particularly in the U.S., but remained in the top 5 globally, ranking number four for all of 2016.
| Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Traditional PC Shipments, Fourth Quarter 2016 (Preliminary results) (Shipments are in thousands of units) | |||||||||||
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| 1. Lenovo | 15,693 | 22.4% | 15,434 | 21.6% | 1.7% | ||||||
| 2. HP Inc | 15,268 | 21.7% | 14,325 | 20.1% | 6.6% | ||||||
| 3. Dell Technologies | 11,000 | 15.7% | 10,169 | 14.3% | 8.2% | ||||||
| 4. Apple | 5,263 | 7.5% | 5,311 | 7.4% | -0.9% | ||||||
| 5. ASUS | 5,167 | 7.4% | 5,827 | 8.2% | -11.3% | ||||||
| Others | 17,812 | 25.4% | 20,228 | 28.4% | -11.9% | ||||||
| Total | 70,203 | 100.0% | 71,294 | 100.0% | -1.5% | ||||||
| Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, January 11, 2017 | |||||||||||
