PCs Shipping at Fastest Rate in 2 Years

The increase in computer shipments this summer, the fastest pace in nearly two years and is still a long step from Hewlett-Packard, Dell, the worlds largest maker of personal computers, two technology research firm reports Wednesday.

Sales of portable computers will be most of the 15.5 percent increase in global shipments of personal computers from July to September, especially in Europe, according to the market research company IDC, which is headquartered in Massachusetts, Framingham company Gartner in Stamford, Conn., pegged growth of 14.4 per cent.

Report raised expectations, the strong performance in the last few months of this year.

"Appeal of portable computers continue to advance in all areas of the PC market, a significant pace, and to determine the present stage of a very strong fourth quarter," said Loren Loverde, director, IDCs Worldwide Quarterly PC follow-up study.

IDC reports 66.9 million computers shipped, from 57.9 million years ago, Gartner said the 68.5 million yuan of PC shipments in the third quarter, from 59.8 million in the same period a year ago. The two research companies use slightly different measurement methods.

Has seen most of the growth rate increased, shipments outside of the United States or two of the companies reported the largest of any quarter since the fourth quarter of 2005, IDC time , recorded a 15.5 per cent growth and Gartner came, an increase of 15.8%. To the top of the 17.4 percent increase in the third quarter of 2005.

According to the latest quarterly performance, IDC may be a slight increase in the fourth quarter of expectations, from 13.5 per cent of the growth rate, it provides early last month, Loverde that.

Gartner said that the receipts for portable computers, again more than the overall computer shipments in the United States, but it is home and professional markets in the United States released weaker than expected growth - it is clear that the lower consumer confidence and housing market slump, G artner said.

The United States for the quarter PC shipments growth rate of 4.7 percent in the latest quarter, according to the Gartner survey, 23 per cent compared in the Asia - Pacific region and 16 percent of the market, including Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Soft, in the United States, the Middle East and Africa markets, market research firm Gartner vice president, to take over a little more caution, in view of the fourth quarter of the global economic outlook than IDC company.

˹ÄÂErdeshi maintained that the third quarter figures signalled the beginning of a strong fourth quarter, but still adhere to the Gartner forecast now and the forecast published last month that 12.3% of the global PC shipments The overall growth for this year.

"Moreover, it appears that some hesitation, I do not know how in the fourth quarter will be out Pan", the Middle East and Africa markets. "Some of the United States consumer confidence data, will only increase uncertainty." HP the end of last year ahead of Dell, the worlds largest maker of personal computers, and gained further ground, in this years third quarter. Even in the United States, Dell is still the worlds largest personal computer, the number of units sold Dell fell about 5%.

IDC company to Hewlett-Packard for the fourth quarter of the global market share of 19.6 per cent, while the Gartner, in 18.8%. Both companies said, Hewlett-Packard rose more than two percentage points in market share compared with a year earlier, and posted 33% growth in personal computer shipments.

Dells global market share of 15.2 per cent, ranking second, and 14.4%, from Gartners count. Both companies said that Dell lost more than 1 percentage point of share from a year ago, and even with a volume increase of nearly 4 percent.

According to IDC, Chinas Lenovo Group Ltd. beat Taiwan computer company Acer, the third in worldwide shipments, with 8.2% of the market share of Lenovo and 8.1 percentage points for Acer. Gartner, Acer has a slight lead in the 8.1 percent to 8 percent of Lenovo.

Both firm, Pai the Japan-based Toshiba Fifth, to 4.4% market share.

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