Acer beat HP for laptop sales market share in EMEA Smaller players gaining on big name manufacturers
4 January 2007 11:55 GMT / By Amber Maitland
The most popular notebook computer manufacturers are losing ground to smaller, newer companies, research from DisplaySearch reveals.
HP led the market during the third quarter of 2006, with 17.7% of the worldwide market, but unexpectedly, Acer was the top seller in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with a 4% greater market share than HP.
Acer's growth also topped HP's for the third quarter, coming in at 39%, while HP came in close behind at 36%.
Dell, however, beat Acer in terms of worldwide popularity, coming in only just behind HP at 17.5% of the market.
The market overall grew by 29% year on year, and Acer beat this with a resounding 49% growth since the same time last year. So did Apple, with 63% growth, Asus, at 68%, at Sony, at 47%.
Also in the top five for worldwide notebook PC market share during the third quarter were Toshiba, with 10.7% of the market, and Lenovo, the Chinese computer manufacturer, at 8.2%.
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