[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

[Don Perley]

François Fleuret wrote:
>>Don't moan and groan too much about how quality doesn't sell in this
>>case.. Isn't Thinkpad the market leader?
> 
> 
> What does "market leader" mean ? HP/Compaq, Dell and Toshiba are each
> selling more than one million unit a year. Then come IBM and others
> like Nec, Fujitsu, etc. but clearly in another league, seeling
> something like 600.000 units.

As with all those cars which are "best in their class" it probably 
hinges on defining the class.

I can't find the article in which I read IBM leads in laptops, but it 
may be that is measured in revenue rather than unit counts.  The 
"market" may also mean just sales to business, since IBM doesn't target 
at all to the home market.  Everything I found in looking (all articles 
about the sale) list IBM as 3rd in the whole PC market with ~6%.


An interesting interpretation of this whole rumor:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/06/ibm_apple_speculation/