PC sales are stuned the fall rate of 8% all over the world

The sales personel computers fall well enough Global shipments of personal computers slid 8 percent in the first quarter, industry tracker, although falling prices and the increasing popularity of netbooks helped keep sales from slipping even further, IDC said.

In a break from the past, the PC market in the United States fared better than the larger global market with shipments falling just 3.1 percent, IDC added."The US was surprisingly strong, it outperformed our forecast," said Bob O'Donnell, VP, IDC adding that the numbers were a positive sign for the overall market.

"The fact that the US outperformed the worldwide total is hopeful."

IDC also said the global result was slightly better than it had expected, and that PC demand has shown some resilience compared with the previous downturn.It estimated the total global PC market in 2008 was $243 billion.

The firm expects more stable production over the coming quarters, with growth returning around the end of the year.George Shiffler, research director, Gartner, said that there is evidence of restocking of inventory in the distribution channel, but that this should not be interpreted as a recovery in demand.

"It's still unclear if the global PC market has hit the bottom," he added.What is clear is that consumers' move to low-cost laptops--including netbooks--is keeping PC shipments from slipping further. Netbooks shipments remain on track to double in 2009, IDC said.

Top PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co managed to grow overall shipments by 2.9 percent and increase its industry-leading global market share to 20.5 percent.HP also claimed the top spot in the US market from Dell, which had held that position since 1999, IDC said.

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Dell continued to lose ground, with shipments diving 16.7 percent in the first quarter, hurt by weakness in the enterprise market.Dell's market share slipped to 13.6 percent, IDC said, good for second-place, while number three Acer Inc gained ground and increased its share to 11.6 percent.

But Gartner's data showed Dell and Acer in a virtual tie for second place.

Lenovo and Toshiba Corp rounded out the top five.

Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, said it saw signs that a bottom in the PC market had been reached, a hopeful indicator for the sector.

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