
Although Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has lost the top spot for global PC sales to its rival Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) for a few years now, the company has kept the top spot in the U.S. That is, until now.
Hewlett-Packard outpaced Dell in the first quarter of the year based on increased consumer spending in the PC segment in the U.S. This was due to hotter-than-hot price competition as well as the red-hot segment of PC sales from the netbook category. Even in a recession, PC price drops and an unexpected new category are causing sales to increase.
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