Lenovo now #2 global PC vendor behind HP. Apple fail to show in top five

Lenovo now #2 global PC vendor behind HP. Apple fail to show in top five

Hewlett-Packard has hung on to its #1 on the planet ranking, increasing its share of the PC global market to 17.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2011, according to the number-crunching bods at Gartner.

Lenovo found itself rocketing into second place on the global stage, bagging a 13.5 per cent market share, representing a massive 25.2 per cent growth compared to the same quarter last year.

Their hefty growth was helped in part by a joint venture with NEC in Japan, while Dell’s global share fell slightly.

Table1
Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q11 (Units)

Company

3Q11 Shipments

3Q11 Market Share (%)

3Q10 Shipments

3Q10 Market Share (%)

3Q10-3Q11 Growth (%)

HP

16,231,528

17.7

15,419,654

17.3

5.3

Lenovo

12,352,194

13.5

9,867,917

11.1

25.2

Dell

10,676,360

11.6

10,829,115

12.2

-1.4

Acer Group

9,686,853

10.6

12,612,822

14.2

-23.2

Asus

5,693,146

6.2

4,802,481

5.4

18.5

Others

37,146,785

40.5

35,420,559

39.8

4.9

Total

91,786,865

100.0

88,952,547

100.0

3.2


In fourth and fifth place in the global rankings come Acer and Asus with 10.6 per cent and 5.4 per cent market shares respectively, while Apple was nowhere to be seen in the top five.

Big slice of Apple in the US pie

Apple may find itself lumped in with ‘others’ on the global stage, but it’s a different story in the US, where  the company is in third place with a 12.9 per cent market share (up 21.5 per cent year on year).

This puts it behind Dell’s 21.9 per cent share and a fair way behind leaders HP who enjoy a 28.9 per cent slice.

Table 2
Preliminary United States PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q11 (Units)

Company

3Q11 Shipments

3Q11 Market Share (%)

3Q10 Shipments

3Q10 Market Share (%)

3Q11-3Q10 Growth (%)

HP

5,132,614

28.9

4,459,120

25.4

15.1

Dell

3,886,864

21.9

4,188,687

23.8

-7.2

Apple

2,300,000

12.9

1,893,600

10.8

21.5

Toshiba

1,486,100

8.4

1,545,630

8.8

-3.9

Acer Group

1,378,768

7.8

1,848,511

10.5

-25.4

Others

3,580,989

20.2

3,635,684

20.7

-1.5

Total

17,765,335

100.0

17,571,232

100.0

1.1


Worldwide PC shipments are on the up overall too, with Gartner’s preliminary results showing that 91.8 million units were shifted in the third quarter of 2011, a 3.2 percent increase from the same period in 2010.

[Gartner report]