USMSC PERSONAL COMPUTER SHIPMENT REPORT

April 2007

~ PC Shipments Rose 15.7%~

June 5, Washington, DC -- The United States Microcomputer Statistics Committee (USMSC) released its April, 2007 PC shipment data report for the United States today.

Personal computer shipments amounted to 5.9 million units in April, an increase of 15.7% from the 5.1 million units shipped in March.

On a year-over-year basis, portable computer shipments increased by 14.0% from 2.0 million units in April 2006 to 2.3 million units in April 2007. Consumer portables sales are still growing at a faster pace than those marketed to businesses.

PC server shipments recorded the highest gain in April.  Shipments rose by 18.0% to 0.28 million units from 0.24 million in April of last year. Desktop PCs continued to decline from 3.5 million units in April 2006 to 3.4 million units in April 2007.

The three-month rolling average* for total PC shipments amounted to 5.20 million units in April compared to 4.96 million during the same period in 2006.  USMSC's latest forecast, issued in March 2007, calls for total US PC shipments to increase by 3.1% in 2007.

USMSC Personal Computer Industry Shipments
Industry Totals 2006-2007
	3 Months Rolling Average In Million Units	Total Units	Desktop Units incl. Personal Workstations	Portable Units	Server Units
2006-1	5.37	5,523,880	3,524,533	1,792,516	206,831
2006-2	5.28	4,120,220	2,555,135	1,410,684	154,401
2006-3	4.89	5,033,035	2,906,783	1,908,512	217,740
2006-4	4.96	5,728,418	3,504,507	1,985,492	238,419
2006-5	4.89	4,192,581	2,542,383	1,473,515	176,683
2006-6	5.14	5,508,587	3,194,374	2,112,004	202,209
2006-7	5.42	6,546,386	3,641,958	2,632,886	271,542
2006-8	5.59	4,727,481	2,531,825	2,053,206	142,450
2006-9	5.31	4,669,283	2,421,126	2,033,675	214,482
2006-10	5.1	5,904,836	3,250,057	2,374,635	280,144
2006-11	5.17	4,949,871	2,733,949	2,061,522	154,400
2006-12	5.25	4,888,079	2,593,905	2,098,913	195,261
2006		61,792,657	35,400,535	23,937,560	2,454,562
2007-1	5.20	5,765,847	3,223,893	2,270,030	271,924
2007-2	5.07	4,568,083	2,725,500	1,682,004	160,579
2007-3	5.14	5,108,804	2,729,164	2,181,200	198,440
2007-4	5.20	5,913,150	3,368,897	2,263,037	281,216

*Three-month rolling average provided to normalize variability in month-to-month shipments.

Founded in 1990, the USMSC is comprised of PC vendors who ship personal computers to the U.S. market. Participants in the committee report monthly shipments by form factor (portable, servers and desktop units). USMSC's activities are administered by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI).  The committee's reporting members include Dell, Gateway, HP, Intel, Lenovo and Toshiba. Other participants include AMD, Canon, Epson, Microsoft and Seagate. For more information, contact William J. Foster (Chairman) at William.foster@gateway.com or Helga F. Sayadian at hsayadian@itic.org.