Editing Dell (section)

===Competition===
Dell's major competitors include [[Lenovo]], [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP), [[Hasee]], [[Acer Inc.|Acer]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Toshiba]], [[Gateway, Inc.|Gateway]], [[Sony]], [[Asus]], [[Micro-Star International|MSI]], [[Panasonic]], [[Samsung]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]. Dell and its subsidiary, Alienware, compete in the enthusiast market against AVADirect, [[Falcon Northwest]], [[VoodooPC]] (a subsidiary of HP), and other manufacturers. In the second quarter of 2006, Dell had between 18% and 19% share of the worldwide personal computer market, compared to HP with roughly 15%.

{{As of|2006|alt=In late 2006}}, Dell lost its lead in the PC business to Hewlett-Packard. Both [[Gartner]] and [[International Data Corporation|IDC]] estimated that in the third quarter of 2006, HP shipped more units<ref>Kirdahy, Matthew (October 19, 2006) [https://www.forbes.com/2006/10/19/dell-computer-earnings-markets-equity-cx_mk_1019markets07.html]. Forbes.</ref> worldwide than Dell did. Dell's 3.6% growth paled in comparison to HP's 15% growth during the same period. The problem got worse in the fourth quarter, when Gartner estimated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070117006106&newsLang=en |title=Gartner Says Hewlett-Packard Takes Clear Lead in Fourth Quarter Worldwide PC Shipments and Creates a Virtual Tie with Dell for 2006 Year-End Results |publisher=Business Wire |date=January 17, 2007 |access-date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721195555/http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070117006106&newsLang=en |archive-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> that Dell PC shipments declined 8.9% (versus HP's 23.9% growth). As a result, at the end of 2006 Dell's overall PC market share stood at 13.9% (versus HP's 17.4%).

IDC reported that Dell lost more server market share than any of the top four competitors in that arena. IDC's Q4 2006 estimates show Dell's share of the server market at 8.1%, down from 9.5% in the previous year. This represents an 8.8% loss year-over-year, primarily to competitors EMC and IBM. As of 2021, Dell is the third-largest PC manufacturer after Lenovo and HP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canalys Newsroom - Global PC shipments pass 340 million in 2021 and 2022 is set to be even stronger |url=https://canalys.com/newsroom/global-pc-market-Q4-2021 |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=canalys.com |language=en}}</ref>