INDICATORS - PC market

This week's Context looks at the growth rate of PCs in Western Europe, the UK, Germany and France.

week's Context looks at the growth rate of PCs in Western Europe, the UK, Germany and France.
 WESTERN EUROPE
 PC BRANDS                         UNITS      SHARE
 Total Europe                  5,573,604        100
 Top five vendors              2,457,863       44.1
 Others                        1,571,092       28.2
 Total excl others             4,002,512       71.8
 Compaq                          823,179       14.8
 IBM                             463,422        8.3
 Dell                            436,760        7.8
 Hewlett Packard                 424,678        7.6
 SNI                             309,824        5.6
 Fujitsu                         307,727        5.5
 Toshiba                         246,219        4.4
 Packard Bell - NEC              215,405        3.9
 Apple                           159,462        2.9
 Acer                            129,966        2.3
 Digital                         116,369        2.1
 Gateway 2000                     78,641        1.4
 Olivetti                         75,978        1.4
 Tulip                            44,999        0.8
 AST                              38,662        0.7
 Elonex (estimate)                38,411        0.7
 Olidata                          33,000        0.6
 Unisys                           29,114        0.5
 Mitsubishi                       15,496        0.3
 CDC                              15,200        0.3
 
 UK
 PC BRANDS                         UNITS      SHARE
 Total UK                      1,200,000        100
 Others                          398,513       33.2
 Total excl others               801,487       66.8
 Compaq                          201,000       16.8
 Dell                            169,632       14.1
 Toshiba                          80,309        6.7
 IBM                              74,896        6.2
 Hewlett Packard                  62,941        5.2
 Packard Bell - NEC               58,963        4.9
 Fujitsu                          45,479        3.8
 Apple                            37,717        3.1
 Gateway 2000                     35,600          3
 Elonex (estimate)                34,950        2.9
 
 GERMANY
 PC BRANDS                         UNITS      SHARE
 Total Germany                 1,308,564        100
 Others                          602,263         46
 Total excl others               706,301         54
 SNI                             166,139       12.7
 Fujitsu                         156,593         12
 Compaq                          101,476        7.8
 Hewlett Packard                  62,309        4.8
 Dell                             56,898        4.3
 IBM                              48,695        3.7
 Toshiba                          45,087        3.4
 Acer                             34,300        2.6
 Apple                            23,304        1.8
 Gateway 2000                     11,500        0.9
 
 FRANCE
 PC BRANDS                         UNITS      SHARE
 Total France                    775,695        100
 Others                          232,690         30
 Total excl others               543,005         70
 Compaq                           97,609       12.6
 Packard Bell - NEC               92,976         12
 Hewlett Packard                  87,229       11.2
 IBM                              66,493        8.6
 Dell                             62,281          8
 Toshiba                          40,600        5.2
 SNI                              26,387        3.4
 Apple                            26,073        3.4
 Fujitsu                          25,495        3.3
 Gateway 2000                     17,862        2.3