Gartner Says Worldwide PC Market Grew 15 Percent in Third Quarter of 2008
Gartner Says
Worldwide PC Market Grew 15 Percent in Third Quarter of 2008 on
Strength of Mini-Notebook Shipments; Industry Feeling the Impact of the
Economic Crunch
Acer Moves Past HP for Top Position in EMEA Market
STAMFORD, Conn.,
October 14,
2008
— Worldwide PC shipments reached 80.6 million units in the third
quarter of 2008, a 15 percent increase from the third quarter last
year, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.
“The mini-notebook segment experienced strong growth in the global
PC, led by robust growth in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
region,” said Mika Kitagawa, principal analyst for Gartner's Client
Computing Markets group. “In the North America market, the economic
crunch created more interest in the sub $500 segment. Because the
mini-notebook is still a new segment, it is too early to determine if
the emerging segment created new market opportunities, or if it
cannibalized lower priced systems.”
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