Re: How many PCs are sold in the UK (and by whom)

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,=20

I get given all sorts of marketing statistics, each vendor applies=20
their own spin to make them look like number 1. I guess HP are=20
stronger in the large corporate space as they will provide a=20
standard build (The same components) over a long period of time.=20
This can save a big company money in OS images for systems and=20
management. I am told that Dell will use whatever component they can=20
get at a good price at the time, obvioulsy no issue at all for teh=20
small company or home user.

I am not sure why HP/Compaq do not have a bigger domestic share, I=20
guess as a brand it is known for printers.

Why are you looking for this info?

Regards
Ian=20

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark Harrison (Groups)"
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wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 17:27 +0000, ianh1000 wrote:
> > Who says HP only sell to corporate customers? :-(
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> > They have them at PC world, DABS etc, perhaps not a direct
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> > consumer web site, on that I agree.=20
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> I said "pretty much only selling to corporate customers" not
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they
> DIDN'T sell to home users - only that they had far far more sales
> through the corporate channels.
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> According to the figures I've got, HP have 22% of the UK PC market
> (after Dell, with 40%).
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> Looking at the PCs that home users buy, I'd estimate that 90%+ of=20
those
> sales must be to corporates... but I'm willing to be proved wrong.=20
I'm
> still trying to hunt down a breakdown that doesn't cost
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> I know of literally hundreds of people with work-issued HPs or=20
Compaqs
> (an HP company now), but only 1 person who bought an HP or Compaq=20
as a
> home user (and she bought it from a "laptop reconditioning
place")
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> M.