IDC, the market analyst, released a report on PC shipments in the second quarter today.

July 11 News, according to foreign media reports, market analysis company IDC today released the second quarter of personal computer shipments report. With the global market shrinking 11%, Lenovo surpassed HP to become the biggest PC brand maker in the quarter.

Of the five biggest PC brands, Lenovo's shipments fell by only 1.4%, compared with a 16.7% market share. HP ranked second, with shipments falling by 7.7%, and 16.4% in global market share. Dell, Acer and ASUS are 第三、四、五位.

In the second quarter, global PC shipments totaled 75.6 million, down 11.4% from a year earlier. This level was slightly better than IDC had expected, and stronger than the industry's 14% per cent drop in the first quarter.

PC shipments in Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific markets (excluding Japan) are less than expected. But shipments in the US market are better than expected and balance the overall level.

The entire PC market is in the process of transforming from a traditional notebook to a Windows 8 touch device, IDC said. Super high prices are still difficult to adapt to the market, especially given the competition from tablet computers. Many PC brands have struggled to clean up their inventories in the last quarter, which means more new products will be available in the second half of the year.

"Given the level of growth in the second quarter that is very similar to forecasts, we still expect a turnaround in growth in the second half of the year," said a senior analyst at IDC. "However, the slump in emerging markets is not conducive to long-term growth. In addition, although the entire industry chain down the price point, the acceptance of touch screen technology, but there are many things to do. "(Abinadab)

"Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 11% in two quarters"

NetEase Science and technology news July 11, according to the Associated Press, market research agency Gartner published a report in Wednesday, the global PC shipments in the second quarter of 2013 fell 11%, for the fifth consecutive quarter year-on-year decline.

Gartner says this is the longest slump since the PC was born. Consumers now favour mobile computing devices such as tablets.

In the quarter from April to June this year, global PC shipments were 76 million units, down 11% from 85 million in the same period last year.

Lenovo won the world's top PC shipments in the quarter with a weak edge, and HP ranked second.

Gartner's report shows that the PC market in all regions of the world is shrinking in varying degrees.