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Gartner: Acer, Toshiba, Apple gain share in UK while Dell loses

by Scott Bicheno on 6 May 2009, 12:40

Tags: Acer (TPE:2353), Gartner (NYSE:IT)

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Consumers rule

Gartner's latest report on the Western European PC market reveals the UK showed the weakest growth among leading countries with a year-on-year decline of five percent.

On the other hand, the whole of Western Europe only managed growth of 0.7 percent as the mini-notebook (netbook) sector was the only one to show significant growth. "If it had not been for the mini notebooks, all of Western Europe would have seen a bigger decline in shipments," said Ranjit Atwal, principal analyst at Gartner.

The tables below show the top five vendors in Western Europe and the UK, respectively. They show that vendors with a strong consumer focus, typified by Acer, are taking share from those with a greater emphasis on business spend, like Dell.

Table 1
Western EuropePC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 1Q09 (Thousands of Units)

 

Company

1Q09 Shipments

1Q09 Market Share (%)

1Q08 Shipments

1Q08 Market Share (%)

1Q09-1Q08 Growth (%)

Hewlett-Packard

3,492

22.8

3,451

22.7

1.2

Acer

3,384

22.1

2,571

16.9

31.6

Dell Inc.

1,627

10.6

2,088

13.7

-22.1

Toshiba

1,037

6.8

862

5.7

20.3

ASUS

729

4.8

509

3.3

43.4

Others

5,053

33.0

5,732

37.7

-10.1

Total

15,323

100.0

15,214

100.0

0.7

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs
Source: Gartner (April 2009)

 

Table 2
United KingdomPC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 1Q09 (Thousands of Units)

Company

1Q09 Shipments

1Q09 Market Share (%)

1Q08 Shipments

1Q08 Market Share (%)

1Q09-1Q08 Growth (%)

Hewlett-Packard

667

22.2

715

22.6

-6.8

Dell Inc.

610

20.3

779

24.6

-21.7

Acer

506

16.8

360

11.4

40.6

Toshiba

273

9.1

254

8.0

7.7

Apple Computer

143

4.8

135

4.3

6.6

Others

809

26.9

928

29.3

-11.1

Total

3,010

100.0

3,172

100.0

-5.1

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs
Source: Gartner (April 2009)

 



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