Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 5% year-on-year in the second quarter

Beijing time July 16 morning news, according to foreign media reports, market research company Gartner published a report today, the second quarter of the world's PC shipments fell 5% year-on-year, lower than the company's previous expected decline of 9.8%.　　Gartner said the lower-than-expected drop in PC shipments showed that "the PC market is showing a slight sign of recovery from shipments in some regions".　　Gartner said demand for PCs in the US and Asia-Pacific was better than expected, and demand in Europe remained weak, in line with the comments made by Intel on a conference call after its earnings report yesterday. From the company's point of view, HP's second-quarter PC shipments grew 2.8% per cent year-on-year, with the market share rising to 19.6% from 18.1% in the same period last year, with Dell shipments falling 17% per cent, and market share falling from 15.6% to 13.6%, the second, with Acer following the market share from 9.5%　　Rose to 13.5%, shipments grew 34.2% per cent year-on-year, as demand for netbooks grew strongly, Lenovo shipments grew 3.2% per cent year-on-year, and market share increased from 7.8% to 8.4%, Toshiba ranked fifth, market share rose from 4.3 to 5%, and shipments increased by 10% per cent year-on-year.　　By region, the U.S. second-quarter PC shipments fell 1.2%, the Asia-Pacific region grew 2.3% year-on-year, with China growing 7% per cent year-on-year, Europe, the Middle East and Africa falling 10.9% per cent year-on-year, Latin America down 16.6% per cent, and Japan falling 3.2% year-on-year. In the U.S. market, Dell ranked first in 26% of the market, HP 25.7%, Acer 14.2%, Apple and Toshiba all 8.7%. (Tangfeng)