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News HP rises again to be the world’s top PC maker as Lenovo slips HP excelled in North America, which was decisive in helping it beat Lenovo. Agam Shah reports HP’s Omen X marks the company’s return to enthusiast gaming It was another tough quarter for PC shipments, but there was good news for HP, which edged Lenovo to regain the title of world top’s PC maker, according to IDC. Worldwide PC shipments totalled 60.3 million units in the first quarter of 2017, growing by just 0.6 percent compared to the same quarter the previous year. IDC previously forecast a decline of 1.8 percent in PC shipments, so the positive growth was a sign the PC market is recovering. Quarterly PC shipments reported positive growth for the first time since the first quarter of 2012. Lenovo previously beat HP for the title of the world’s top maker in 2013 and has mostly held the position since then. HP regained the top spot this quarter boosted by strong laptop shipments worldwide. Now the question remains can HP hold the number one spot. A separate survey released by Gartner put Lenovo as the world’s top PC maker. The numbers of IDC and Gartner don’t match as the two firms measure PC shipments in different ways. For example, Gartner does not account for Chromebook shipments in its survey. According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totalled 62.2 million units for the first quarter, down by 2.4 percent. Nevertheless, the analyst firms agreed that PC shipments were held back by rising prices, which happened due to a shortage of NAND and DRAM. Prices of these components are expected to rise even more in the coming quarters, which could affect PC prices. But the rising prices shouldn’t stop PC shipments from picking up later this year. Businesses are expected to upgrade to the latest PCs, and they tend to spend more on laptops and desktops. Lenovo took a beating in North America, which is the main reason it lost the top position in IDC’s survey. HP did well in the region. PC shipments rebounded in Europe, while Asia-Pacific was soft. HP has cut many low-priced PCs while focusing on high-end PCs and premium designs. Lenovo has come up with innovative PCs like Yoga, but its home market of China was weak. According to IDC, HP’s worldwide shipments totalled 13.1 million units, growing by 13.1 percent year-over-year, for a 21.8 percent market share. Lenovo’s shipments totalled 12.3 million, growing by just 1.7 percent. In third place was Dell; its shipments went up by 6.2 percent to 9.6 million. Fourth-placed Apple’s shipments grew by 4.1 percent to 4.2 million. In close fifth was Acer, with shipments totalling 4.1 million. J 8 www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news July 2017
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