Acer Ranks as World's No. 2 PC Vendor in 2010 With 12.9% Share: Gartner Data

Taipei, Jan. 25, 2011 (CENS)--Global personal computer (PC) shipments totaled 350.9 million units in 2010, a 13.8% increase from 2009. This growth rate was an improvement from 2009 when PC shipments increased 5.5%, according to Gartner Inc..

Acer of Taiwan maintained its No. 2 position in 2010 with a growth of 13.8%, same with the worldwide average. The Taiwanese player's market share maintained at 12.9% in 2010, same as that in 2009, compared to No. 1 HP's 17.9% (19.1% in 2009) and No. 3 Dell's 12.0% (12.1% in 2009).

Among top-five PC vendors, the No. 4 Lenovo's shipment growth (37.3%) well exceeded the worldwide average. Lenovo's growth was driven by strong professional growth as well as expansion into consumer space outside of China.

For the fourth quarter of 2010, worldwide PC shipments totaled 93.5 million units, a 3.1% increase from the fourth quarter of 2009, Gartner said.

HP maintained the No. 1 position in worldwide PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010, but its quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) shipment growth was below the worldwide average of 3.1%.

Acer faced challenges in the fourth quarter of 2010 due to a slowdown in the overall consumer mobile PC market. The company was impacted by a weakening mini-notebook segment. Due to a lower presence in the professional PC market, Acer could not benefit from the professional PC refresh demand.

In the U.S., PC shipments totaled 19.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, a 6.6% year-on-year (YoY) decline. HP continued to lead the U.S. PC market, accounting for 29.3% of PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010. Gartner's preliminary study shows that Toshiba and Apple were the only vendors in the top-five to increase shipments, as Toshiba's shipments grew 14.4%, while Apple's shipments increased 23.7% year-on-year (YoY).

Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Shipment Estimates for 2010*
Company	2010 Shipments	2010 Market Share (%)	2009 Shipments	2009 Market Share (%)	2010-2009 Growth (%)
HP	62,768,547	17.9	58,942,530	19.1	6.5
Acer Group	45,265,678	12.9	39,783,933	12.9	13.8
Dell	42,123,680	12.0	37,353,774	12.1	12.8
Lenovo	33,965,812	9.7	24,735,404	8.0	37.3
Toshiba	19,011,752	5.4	15,499,805	5.0	22.7
Others	147,768,653	42.1	132,026,226	42.8	11.9
Total	350,904,121	100.0	308,341,673	100.0	13.8
*: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablet such as the iPad. Source: Gartner (January 2011)