Worldwide PC shipments totalled 62.7m units in the first quarter
of 2007, a 8.9% increase on the same period last year, said analyst
Gartner.
The US, EMEA and Latin America regions performed better in terms
of shipments than Gartner’s previous forecast, while Asia/Pacific
and Japan shipments were lower than expected.
But the Asia/Pacific region surpassed the US PC market to take
the Number two position on shipments for the first time. EMEA is
the biggest market.
The analyst said Microsoft’s official consumer launch of Vista
in January,
had very limited impact on overall worldwide shipment demand on
a quarterly basis.
On a monthly basis, mature regions experienced “a bubble in
demand” following its release. Vista adoption was primarily in the
consumer and very small business segments of the mature regions,
said Gartner.
HP’s worldwide PC shipment growth far outpaced the industry
average, with its worldwide PC shipments increasing 28.7% in the
first quarter.
Meanwhile, Dell had another difficult quarter experiencing
below-average growth across many regions.
While HP and Dell were number one and two respectively, Acer
followed in third spot.
“HP was helped by the Vista operating system consumer launch in
the mature regions, and it is benefiting from a strong position in
the channel,” said Mikako Kitagawa, an analyst at Gartner.
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