Dell, for the second straight quarter, held its lead over Acer during the
global PC market’s third quarter, market research firm iSuppli reported Dec. 7.
The Texas PC maker, which remained in second place and was boosted by corporate
PC sales, sold 11.3 million units, representing a growth of 7.2 percent over
the 10.5 million it sold during the sluggish second quarter.
Year over year, Dell posted growth of 9.3 percent — a figure that looks extra
substantial when compared with the vendors sandwiching it: Third-place Acer
suffered a decline of 0.7 percent, while market leader Hewlett-Packard fell by
0.2 percent.
“Consumer PC sales growth slowed in the third quarter partly because
back-to-school sales were lower than expected,” Matthew Wilkins, an
iSuppli principal analyst, said in a statement. “However, since the second
quarter, corporate demand for desktop PCs and entry-level servers has been
strong, driven by companies’ efforts to replace systems with newer, faster,
more efficient computers. Dell has a higher mix of corporate business to the
market than HP and Acer and therefore was less exposed to the consumer
slowdown.”
Lenovo finished in fourth place, putting in an impressive performance. With
year-on-year growth of 32.9 percent, it shipped 9.2 million units during the
quarter, up from 8.3 million the quarter before and 6.9 million a year earlier.
For more, read the eWeek article: Dell Held No. 2 Spot Ahead of Acer in Q3, as PC Market Recovers.
