Acer announced yesterday that they surpassed Toshiba as the world’s No. 3 notebook brand in Q4 2005, with 66.7% year-on-year growth – highest among the top-five notebook vendors, according to preliminary data from Gartner Dataquest. Acer notebooks ranked No. 1 in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and No. 3 in Asia Pacific with 117.1% growth, the highest among the top-ten vendors.
For the Total PC market, Acer ranked No. 4 and demonstrated the highest year-on-year growth of 56.2% among the top-ten vendors. Acer also ranked No. 3 in EMEA and No. 5 in Asia Pacific, with respective year-on-year growth of 48.3% and 62.4%, both growth rates were the highest among the top-five vendors.
In the U.S. market, Acer is showing its strength as a rapidly rising PC player, by delivering 145.3% growth for Total PCs, and 202.6% for notebooks - highest among the top-ten brands. Moreover, Acer was the only desktop brand that demonstrated growth among the top-ten players.
Q4 2005 Worldwide notebook shipments
Brand………………………..Market Share……..Growth (YoY)
1. Dell………………………..17.1%………………….50.9%
2. Hewlett-Packard…..16.5%………………….41.8%
3. Acer………………………12.2%………………….66.7%
4. Toshiba…………………10.5%………………….20.9%
5. Fujitsu Siemens…….8.1%…………………….18.0%
Source: Gartner Q4 2005 preliminary data
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