The table compares the worldwide market shares of seven notebook computer manufacturers in 2006 and 2007.
Overall, HP remained the dominant brand in both years and widened its lead, while Dell recorded the strongest growth. By contrast, most other companies – including the combined Others group – saw their shares fall, suggesting the market became more concentrated at the top.
In 2006, HP accounted for 31.4% of global sales, rising to 34.0% in 2007 (an increase of 2.6 percentage points). Dell strengthened its position even more noticeably, climbing from 16.6% to 20.2% (+3.6 points). Together, these two firms expanded from 48.0% to 54.2% of the market.
Among the remaining manufacturers, Toshiba was the only one to grow, edging up from 6.2% to 7.3% (+1.1 points). Acer and Lenovo experienced slight declines, slipping from 11.6% to 10.7% and from 6.6% to 6.2%, respectively. The sharpest drop occurred for Fujitsu-Siemens, whose share nearly halved from 4.8% to 2.3% (−2.5 points). Finally, Others fell substantially, from 22.8% to 19.3% (−3.5 points).