Compaq Computer Corp bounded over IBM Corp and Apple Computer Inc in US personal computer shipments for the first time in the first quarter of this year, Dataqust reckons: it gives Compaq about 980,000 machines world-wide in the first quarter, compared with 955,000 for IBM and 865,000 for Apple; Packard Bell Electronics Inc nearly doubled its market share from a year earlier to an estimated 9%; and Hewlett-Packard Co took 2.6%, up from 1.4%; Gateway 2000 Inc is fifth in the list with 5.6% of unit shipments, overtaking Dell Computer Corp with 4.6%, about the same as AST Research Inc; Zenith Data Systems had 3.5%, and Toshiba Corp waves the flag for Japan Inc with a 2.6% share; figures by value may differ.
