Andre Yoskowitz
13 Oct 2011 14:27
According to research firms Gartner and IDC, HP remains the top PC company but for the first time ever Lenovo has moved into second, surpassing Dell.
HP controls 17.7 percent share of PC shipments, up from 17.3 percent last year, says Gartner. IDC has similar numbers, with HP at 18.1 percent.
Lenovo, thanks to a huge influx of laptop sales, moved to 13.5 percent from 11.1 percent last year.
Dell remained about even at 11.6 percent.
While sales have been shrinking for a couple of years due to recession and the development of tablets, IDC says there will likely be a large bounce back next year when "ultrabooks" become mainstream.
Ultrabooks are ultra light notebooks with lots of battery life and network connectivity.