HP beats Dell in Q1 PC sales
BANGALORE: Hewlett-Packard (HP) got back its top spot in the PC market in the quarter ended June thanks to the execution of a large education deal in Tamil Nadu. Its overall market share was 29.5%, up from 20.9% in the first quarter ended March, according to research firm IDC. Dell, which was No. 1 in the first quarter with a 23.1% share, was second this time with a 19.1% share. Lenovo was third with a 13.9% share.
The Tamil Nadu deal helped HP's share in commercial notebooks to jump to as high as 51.4%. Lenovo, at No. 2, was way behind at 16.8%. In commercial desktops, HP was second to Dell. In consumer desktops and notebooks, HP was No. 1. In the former, Lenovo was marginally behind, in the latter, Dell was 4 percentage points behind HP's 31.4%.
HP was the leader through much of 2013.
The overall PC shipments for the second quarter stood at 2.55 million units, a substantial growth of 23.6% over Q1, but a drop of 27.8% over Q2 of last year. "The market remained upbeat buoyed by business purchases, as well as channel intake of low priced PCs at the end of the quarter," IDC said.
The commercial PC segment grew sequentially by 34.5%. "A clear mandate in elections signalled a mark of recovery in the economy. Against last calendar year, business prospects are expected to remain moderately better in the coming six months," IDC said.
The consumer PC market grew sequentially by 12.8%.
BANGALORE: Hewlett-Packard (HP) got back its top spot in the PC market in the quarter ended June thanks to the execution of a large education deal in Tamil Nadu. Its overall market share was 29.5%, up from 20.9% in the first quarter ended March, according to research firm IDC. Dell, which was No. 1 in the first quarter with a 23.1% share, was second this time with a 19.1% share. Lenovo was third with a 13.9% share.
The Tamil Nadu deal helped HP's share in commercial notebooks to jump to as high as 51.4%. Lenovo, at No. 2, was way behind at 16.8%. In commercial desktops, HP was second to Dell. In consumer desktops and notebooks, HP was No. 1. In the former, Lenovo was marginally behind, in the latter, Dell was 4 percentage points behind HP's 31.4%.
HP was the leader through much of 2013.
The overall PC shipments for the second quarter stood at 2.55 million units, a substantial growth of 23.6% over Q1, but a drop of 27.8% over Q2 of last year. "The market remained upbeat buoyed by business purchases, as well as channel intake of low priced PCs at the end of the quarter," IDC said.
The commercial PC segment grew sequentially by 34.5%. "A clear mandate in elections signalled a mark of recovery in the economy. Against last calendar year, business prospects are expected to remain moderately better in the coming six months," IDC said.
The consumer PC market grew sequentially by 12.8%.
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