New Respect For White Box

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A recent report from IDC says that 500 unbranded PC vendors accounted for more than 133 million of the desktops, notebooks and servers sold last year, giving them a full 58 percent of the total worldwide PC market. The new figure is a significant increase from earlier IDC reports that credited the white-box community with just more than 125 million units last year.

Looking at the entire market, that means the white-box community, as a group, holds more market share than any large branded PC vendor, including Dell, HP (and Compaq), IBM and Fujitsu-Siemens.