Tag archive: Mika Kitagawa

Analysis first Gartner has released its figures on worldwide PC shipments during the fourth quarter of 2008…and, as many expected, the news is not good. Worldwide, PC shipments during the fourth quarter of 2008 were up just 1.1 percent compared to the last quarter of 2007, marking the worst growth rate the industry has seen since 2002. But there were some bright spots: mini notebooks are hot, and Acer and Toshiba both posted… Read More

New figures from market research firm Gartner find that in the third quarter of 2008, Hewlett-Packard remained the top seller of PCs in the worldwide market, shipping almost 14.8 million PCs and grabbing 18.4 percent of the worldwide market. Overall, HP saw a 15.1 percent year-on-year growth in worldwide PC shipments, on track with an overall 15 percent increase in the worldwide PC market compared to last year. “[The] global PC… Read More