14 DAY TRIAL // IDC has just posted its latest worldwide PC shipment report for the Q3 of 2013 and the results are not too shabby. The group expected to see an overall decline in shipments of 9.5%, but as it turns out, the market contracted with only 7.6%.
According to the information provided by IDC, Lenovo remains the head of the PC pack with its 17.3% market share, followed up close and personal by HP and its 17.1%. Even if the overall trend is to see declining sales, Lenovo and HP fared out quite well experiencing a 2.2% and 0.4% growth respectively in shipments from the same quarter a year before.
Completing the triad is Dell with 11.7% marketshare. The company apparently experienced growth for the first time in a while. It’s not much, just 0.3%, but bear in mind that shipments have been on a steep slope since Q4 of 2011.
Other well-known PC manufacturers didn’t have the same blessed fate. Notably Asus and Acer have seen abrupt declines in their shipments. Asus for example saw its grab of the market fall with a whopping 34.1%. Acer is in the same boat with an even drastic decrease of 34.5%.
Even if the top three PC manufacturers managed to experience some growth in the quarter, due to demand for Windows 8.1 machines, coming from business establishments, VP of Worldwide PC Trackers Loren Loverde said this was not really a sign of improvement.
“The third quarter was pretty close to forecast, which unfortunately doesn’t reflect much improvement in the PC market, or potential for near-term growth.”
A noticeable absentee in the world-wide PC top is Apple, but the Cupertino tech giant still holds the number three position in the US, even if its shares declined with 11.2%.
As this point, we can’t help but wonder whether PCs are ever going to make a comeback and post year-over-year growth. It appears that the chances are slimming down with each passing day.