First-quarter PC shipments increase 12.3%
Gartner says PC shipments rise to 71.1 million units in the fist quarter.
By James Carbone -- Purchasing, 4/18/2008 8:39:00 AM
Worldwide PC shipments increased 12.3% to 71.1 million units in the fist quarter from the first quarter of 2007, according to researcher Gartner Inc.
U.S. PC shipments reached 15.2 million units in the first quarter of 2008, a 3% increase from the same period last year. “Home mobile PC growth continued to drive U.S. PC growth,” says Mita Kitagawa, principal analyst for Gartner’s client computing markets group said. “Despite declining consumer confidence, U.S consumers did not put off mobile PC purchases as evidenced by solid mobile growth during the first quarter. This growth was stimulated in part by aggressive price cuts,” she says.
Kitagawa says the U.S. market is softening and that could hasten downward price pressure and intensify competition. Dell extended its market share lead in the U.S. PC market in the first quarter. Its share grew to 31.4% compared to 27.9% in the first quarter of 2007. It shipped 4.7 million units in the first quarter compared to 4.1 million in the same period one year ago. Hewlett-Packard’s market share dropped marginally from 25.8% to 25% as it shipped 3.8 million computers in the first quarter
Acer’s shipments dropped from 1.7 million last year to 1.38 million and it share dropped from 11.5% to 9.1%.
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