Global PC shipments up 27 percent in first quarter
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 84.3million units in the first quarter of 2010, a 27.4% increase from the first quarter of 2009, according to preliminary results by market analyst, Gartner.
These first quarter results have exceeded Gartner's earlier market outlook, which forecast a growth of 22%.
According to Gartner's principal analyst, Mikako Kitagawa, the stronger than expected growth was led by a robust recovery in the EMEA PC market, which grew 24.8% in the first quarter of 2010.
Kitagawa said: "These first quarter results indicate that the professional PC market is gradually picking up, driven by PC replacements in mature markets. With a relatively positive macroeconomic outlook, business demand was more forthcoming. Major PC replacement demand driven by Windows 7 will become more apparent in the second half of 2010 and the beginning of 2011."
Gartner reported that HP continued to lead worldwide PC shipments, but its growth was below the worldwide average in the first quarter of 2010.
