Acer computer sales top HP and Dell

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 18 February 2010 at 15:27:00

Consumer PC market grows with mobile units especially strong in UK

PC shipments in western Europe totalled 20.2 million units in the fourth
quarter of 2009, an increase of four per cent on the same period in 2008,
according to analyst Gartner.

It is the first time since 2008 that the UK, France and Germany have all
posted a growth in sales.

"The western European PC market performed better than expected. Despite the
tough economic conditions, the consumer PC market provided vendors with a source
of growth," said Ranjit Atwal, principal analyst at Gartner.

Acer moved to the top position in western Europe, achieving 33.9 per cent
growth to corner almost a quarter of the market. HP and Dell both saw sales
continue to fall in the period.

PC shipments in the UK totalled 3.8 million units in the fourth quarter of
2009, an increase of 3.3 per cent compared with the same period in 2008. Almost
70 per cent of the units shipped were mobile PCs.

PC shipments in France totaled 3.3 million units in the fourth quarter of
2009, an increase of 4.5 per cent on the year-ago quarter, while shipments in
Germany led the recovery, totalling 4.2 million units in the quarter of 2009, an
increase of 9.9 per cent.

The professional PC market declined 10 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009
as demand from businesses remained weak owing to budget restrictions ? a trend
Gartner expects to continue in 2010.

Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2258118/pc-market-recovers-europe