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Last month we looked at second quarter figures from iSuppli that indicated Lenovo (HKG:0992) had jumped to third spot in the personal computer market. And now today, research firm Gartner estimates that the company’s third quarter shipments are enough to vault it past Dell into the number two spot.
According to Gartner’s preliminary worldwide shipment estimates (which do not include tablets), Hewlett Packard remains the top PC vendor with 17.7 percent market share (up from 17.3 last year). This despite recent news that it might be looking to spin off its PC business, although today The Wall Street Journal says HP is rethinking that plan.
Lenovo’s strong showing was helped by its tie-up with Japan’s NEC. The Chinese PC maker took 13.5 percent of the market, up from 11.1 percent last year. This was enough to overtake Dell, which sits in third spot with 11.6 percent. Taiwanese vendors Acer and Asus round out the global top five at 10.6 percent and 6.2 percent respectively.
Looking at the big picture in Asia, Gartner says that PC shipments grew six percent over last year, reaching 31.8 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2011. In Japan, shipments were up three percent, with 3.9 million units moved.
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