Lenovo wrestles top PC spot from HP
After maintaining a firm hold on the second spot in PC sales, Lenovo has managed to surpass incumbent HP to grab first place.
After maintaining a firm hold on the second spot in PC sales, Lenovo has managed to surpass incumbent HP to grab first place.
People are buying tablets to replace old PCs, which explains why PC sales were so dismal over the holidays, according to Gartner.
China has finally surpassed the United States to become the largest PC market in the world.
The use of tablets may have exploded in the last year, thanks to the iPad, but enthusiasm for the Apple device has done little to dent Australian PC sales in 2010.
Shipments of laptops rose by 43.4 per cent in the first three months of 2010, compared to the same period last year, according to market research company Gartner. A large part of the growth was due to a 71 percent bump in netbook sales, which Gartner doesn't expect will be affected by the arrival of Apple's iPad and other tablets.