MEDIA METRIX REPORTS GATEWAY & COMPAQ LEAD US HOME PC PENETRATION.For the first time, Gateway and Compaq (Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX, www.compaq.com) Compaq was the leading PC manufacturer when it was acquired by HP in 2002. Founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, one year later the company shipped 53,000 PC-compatible COMPAQ Portables, resulting in $111 have taken the lead from Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. as the most owned brand of Windows PCs An x86-based computer that runs some version of Windows. See x86 and Windows. at home in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , each with 10.3 percent share of US home Windows PC users compared to Packard Bell's 9.2 percent of share, reports Media Metrix (Nasdaq: MMXI MMXI Media Metrix ), a leader in Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and Digital Media measurement worldwide. Also of note, Dell and Hewlett-Packard See HP. Hewlett-Packard - (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and have the highest growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. in ownership from 1997 to 2000 at 551 percent and 430 percent, respectively. In a separate survey, Media Metrix research shows a decline in at-home at-home n. also at home An informal reception in one's home. adj. 1. Being, occurring, or functioning in one's home: at-home workers; at-home care. 2. Macintosh A family of desktop and laptop computers from Apple and the first computer to popularize the graphical user interface (GUI). The combination of Mac hardware and software has been consistent over the years, providing an ease of use that Mac users have enjoyed. ownership from a high of 4.9 million households in January January: see month. 1996 down to 3.8 million households in January 2000 for an average annual decrease of around five percent. Household penetration The successful unauthorized breach of a security perimeter. See penetration test. of PCs overall has grown from 35.4 million households in 1996 to 55.5 million households in 2000. "The sales efforts of Compaq and Dell over the last two years to expand beyond the business PC market into the home market have paid off, especially for Dell," says Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Ryon, senior vice president of Media Metrix' New Media Group. "Macintosh softness in at-home penetration indicates that the number of households leaving the Macintosh fold is outpacing the sales success of the iMac, both in replacing older Macintosh households and in gaining new households."
HARDSCAN REPORT
MEDIA METRIX INC.
US Home PCs using Windows
Q1 1997 to Q1 2000 Number of PCs by OEM (000s)
Windows PC Brands (000s) 1997 Q1 1998 Q1 1999 Q1
All PCs (a) 28,019 35,285 39,679
Gateway 1,806 2,129 3,368
Compaq 1,50 1,944 3,515
Packard Bell 6,222 5,986 5,236
Hewlett-Packard 722 1,018 1,757
Dell 528 740 1,208
IBM 2,611 2,468 2,490
AST 472 1,296 1,757
Acer 889 1,265 1,721
Micron (b) 494 549
Emachines (b) (b) (b)
All Others 12,306 13,082 14,389
'97-'00
Windows PC Brands (000s) 2000 Q1 Growth
All PCs (a) 52,486 87%
Gateway 5,425 200%
Compaq 5,390 259%
Packard Bell 4,841 -22%
Hewlett-Packard 3,825 430%
Dell 3,435 551%
IBM 3,208 23%
AST 2,278 382%
Acer 2,250 153%
Micron 842 127%
Emachines 825 100%
All Others 20,166 64%
(a) Total number of Windows PCs in households. There are multiple
Windows PCs per household
(b) Part of the All Others grouping
HARDSCAN REPORT
MEDIA METRIX INC.
US Home PCs using Windows
Q1 1997 to Q1 2000 Share of PCs by OEM (%)
Share of Total Windows PCs 1997 Q1 1998 Q1 1999 Q1 2000 Q1
All PCs 28,019 35,285 39,679 52,486
Gateway 6.4% 6.0% 8.5% 10.3%
Compaq 5.4% 5.5% 8.9% 10.3%
Packard Bell 22.2% 17.0% 13.2% 9.2%
Hewlett-Packard 2.6% 2.9% 4.4% 7.3%
Dell 1.9% 2.1% 3.0% 6.5%
IBM 9.3% 7.0% 6.3% 6.1%
AST 1.7% 3.7% 4.4% 4.3%
Acer 3.2% 3.6% 4.3% 4.3%
Micron (b) 1.4% 1.4% 1.6%
Emachines (b) (b) (b) 1.6%
All Others 43.9% 37.1% 36.3% 38.4%
(b) Part of the All Others grouping
NATIONAL SURVEY OF HARDWARE OWNERSHIP
MEDIA METRIX INC.
US PC Households
Q1 1996 to Q1 2000 Number of Households (000s)
Households (000s) 1996 Q1 1997 Q1 1998 Q1
Total Households with PCs 35,388 39,558 43,667
IBM Compatible Windows 20,906 27,778 30,854
IBM Compatible Non-Windows 6,962 6,711 7,503
Apple Macintoshes 4,947 4,547 4,054
Others PCs 2,525 1,949 2,312
Households (000s) 1999 Q1 2000 Q1
Total Households with PCs 49,999 55,487
IBM Compatible Windows 36,614 41,628
IBM Compatible Non-Windows 7,339 7,207
Apple Macintoshes 4,096 3,837
Others PCs 3,009 3,396
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