India PC shipments flat in 2008: IDC

The overall India client PC market shipments remained flat at 7.98mn during January-December 2008 against 8.06mn in the calendar year 2007. For CY 2008, desktop PC shipments dropped 10.1% while notebook PC shipments grew by 31.5% on a year-on-year basis. During the October-December 2008 quarter (Q4 2008), the overall India client PC shipments were 1.56mn units, a drop of 22.7% over the same period previous year. The desktop PC shipments dropped 24.7%, while notebook PC shipments recorded a 17.4% fall (Q4 2008 over Q4 2007). During the fourth quarter of 2008, HP retained the top spot in the overall India client PC market with a market share of 15.6% by unit shipments. Dell dislodged HCL from the second spot with an 10.9% share. HCL came third with 9.6% of total PC shipments. In terms of desktop PC shipments during Q4 2008, HP and HCL were tied at first position with a market share of 10.6% each, while Dell ranked third. In terms of notebook PC shipments during Q4 2008, HP retained the top spot with a reduced market share of 27.6% followed by Dell at the second spot while Acer came in third.