Worldwide PC shipments grew by 12.5% in the second quarter of 2007, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
Market researcher IDC says Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) returned as the fastest growing region with volume increasing more than 20% from the same quarter one year ago.
“A competitive market in the United States also helped boost overall growth with other regions expanding in line with or slightly behind forecasts. Channel expansion and competition for the consumer and small business segments added to the trend toward portable systems as key market drivers,” IDC’s press release says.
The top five PC vendors, with the most of PC shipments worldwide in the second quarter of 2007 are HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Toshiba. In the U.S., the leader is Dell, followed by HP, Gateway, Apple, Toshiba and Acer.