Notebook shipments grew 33% in 2007

Posted on Monday, February 04 2008 @ 1:55 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
IDC reports notebook shipments grew 33 percent to 109 million units in 2007. Shipments of desktop PCs reached 151 million units, a 4 percent growth compared to 2006.

Global and regional shipments of Top-3 notebook vendors, 2006-2007 (million units)

Brand

2007 shipment

2006 shipment

Y/Y

Worldwide market

HP

23.30

14.74

58.1%

Acer

15.42

9.60

60.6%

Dell

15.29

13.55

12.8%

US market

HP

7.72

5.477

40.9%

Dell

7.643

7.406

3.2%

Toshiba

3.503

2.843

23.2%

Japan market

NEC

1.51

1.493

1.2%

Fujitsu

1.502

1.365

10%

Toshiba

1.211

1.335

(9.3%)

Asia Pacific w/o Japan market

HP

4.146

2.092

98.2%

Lenovo

3.979

2.514

58.3%

Acer

2.593

1.64

58.1%

EMEA market

Acer

8.963

6.155

45.6%

HP

8.657

5.63

53.8%

Toshiba

4.263

3.368

26.6%

Markets outside the US, Asia Pacific, Japan and Western Europe

HP

4.652

2.576

80.6%

Acer

3.899

2.24

74%

Dell

2.138

1.552

37.7%



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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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