HP kicks nine bells out of Dell

MAKER OF expensive printer ink, HP has continued to steal market share from its rival Dell.

HP profit jumped 26 per cent as the company benefited from higher sales of laptop computers, printers and printing supplies during the holidays.

According to Associated Press, HP saw revenue from laptop sales jump 40 percent in the quarter compared with the same period a year ago. Desktop computer sales dipped slightly by one per cent.

However the bean counters seem more interested in how HP was kicking Dell, particularly in the laptop market.

Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research said that HP was beating up Dell and there was room for them to gain even more share. He added that from Dell's perspective that could be very scary.

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