Sales of notebooks are rising worldwide, but Taiwan’s Acer, in particular, is continuing its skyrocketing growth, reports C/Net.
Market research firm DisplaySearch released its quarterly report on the notebook market Monday, and found that the market grew 24 percent during the three months of the third quarter, and 42 percent in the last year.
Hewlett-Packard remains the worldwide leader in notebooks, shipping 6.2 million laptops last quarter–72 percent more than the company shipped a year ago. Dell holds on to second place, but continues to lose ground, not only to HP, but to Acer.
| Brand |
Q3′06 |
Q3′07 |
Y/Y Change |
Q3′07 Share |
|
HP |
3.62M |
6.22M |
72% |
21.4% |
|
Dell |
3.57M |
4.01M |
12% |
13.8% |
|
Acer |
2.41M |
3.72M |
54% |
12.8% |
|
Acer (incl. Gateway & Packard Bell) |
3.30M |
4.70M |
42% |
16.2% |
|
Toshiba |
2.20M |
2.65M |
21% |
9.1% |
|
Lenovo |
1.67M |
2.57M |
54% |
8.9% |
|
Sony |
0.84M |
1.63M |
94% |
5.6% |
|
Fujitsu-Siemens |
1.14M |
1.37M |
20% |
4.7% |
|
Apple |
0.99M |
1.35M |
36% |
4.6% |
|
Asus |
0.70M |
1.21M |
73% |
4.2% |
|
All Others |
3.28M |
4.30M |
31% |
14.9% |
|
Total |
20.41M |
29.03M |
42% |
100% |
HP has 21.4 percent of the worldwide notebook market, Dell has 13.8 percent and Acer continues to creep up on Dell, with 12.8 percent of notebook shipments. But combining Acer with newly acquired Gateway and Packard-Bell puts the Taiwanese PC maker at 16.2 percent of the market, just behind HP, according to DisplaySearch.
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