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Subject: Re: How many are there???
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Date: Mon, 23-Apr-84 13:26:56 EST
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1982 US Unit Shipments of Personal Computers

Source of the ff statistics:  International Data Corporation.

Note:  This is latest figures I've got in Nov. 1983 from Fortune
	Magazine.  As you will see, it is quite out of date.  Any one
        with later figures, please share.




Business & Professional use: 926,000 units

     IBM 16%, Commodore 14%, Tandy 9%, Osborne 8% (now bankrupt),
     Apple 13%, Others 40%.

Home Use:  1,977,000 units

     Commodore 36%, Sinclair 23% (I think also now bankrupt),
     TI 20%  (out of home pc business), Atari 12%, Others 9%.

Scientific Use:  80,000 units
  
     HP 31%, IBM 26%, Apple 29%, Others 14%.

Educational Use: 147,000 Units

     Commodore 23%, Atari 22%, TI 15%, Apple 12%, Tandy 11%, IBM 7%
     Others 10%.




In 1982 Shipments of $4.1 Billion, the market share is broken down
as ff:

    IBM 20%, Apple 16%, Commodore 11%, Tandy 9%, Obsborne 4%,
    Convergent 4%, NEC 3%, HP 3%, Xerox 2%, Atari 2%, Others 26%.



In terms of growth in market share in 1982:

    IBM 122%, Apple 0%, Commodore 120%, Tandy -66%, Osborne 300%,
    Convergent 300%, NEC 50%, HP -50%, Xerox -30%, Atari 0%, Others -17%