IHS iSuppli is optimistic about the PC market

The PC market has grown again, as opposed to the setbacks expected this year, so this time, the gloomy mood of analysts may not rest on real foundations.

The second quarter shows encouraging numbers, with overall sales of 3,7% more than in the same period a year ago, when 82,6 million assets were sold and 6% more than in the previous quarter, so the second quarter of this year closed with good results and its sales figures of 85,6 million are encouraging.

The first place was again won by Hewlett-Packard, its superiority is still amazing, but it could not really increase its advantage, sales are stagnating quite a bit around 15 million, this time to a negligible extent compared to the previous quarter, compared to a year ago also was able to increase sales by only 2,8%. Second place went to Dell, which this time closed with a 6,1% increase, but was able to strengthen by only 3,9% compared to the previous year's sales, from 10,7 million at that time to 11,1 million. . On the third stage of the podium is a Chinese surprise, in the person of Lenovo, who increased sales dramatically during Q2, as it was even weaker in the previous analysis than a year ago. Thanks to fabulous growth, it has made great strides and has now sold 8,2 million units after sales of less than 10,2 million.

Acer is constantly losing its stake, not even at a slight pace, so the once second OEM is only in fourth place, this time after a 4% drop, up 20% from a year earlier. The top 5 list also welcomes a new member in the person of Asustek Computer, who outperformed Toshiba of Japan by 5,3% and took fifth place. 

Finally, the one with the biggest growth is Samsung, which finished eighth on the list and increased the number of computers sold by 31,3%, bringing the total to 2,4 million sales this year, after 3,1 million sales a year ago. you can know behind it, which is also very strong data.

Source: iSuppli