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Gartner's latest report on the dealers view of the western European PC market reveals that notebooks are making a surge in the market place.

The whole of western Europe only managed growth of 0.7 percent as the mini-notebook (netbook) sector was the only one to show significant growth. "If it had not been for the mini notebooks, all of western Europe would have seen a bigger decline in shipments," said Ranjit Atwal, principal analyst at Gartner.

 The tables below show the top five vendors in western Europe and the UK, respectively. They show that dealers / vendors with a strong consumer focus, typified by Acer, are taking share from those with a greater emphasis on business spend, like Dell.


Table 1
Western Europe PC Dealer/Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 1Q09 (Thousands of Units)

 Company 

 1Q09 Shipments 

 1Q09 Market Share (%) 

 1Q08 Shipments 

 1Q08 Market Share (%) 

 1Q09-1Q08 Growth (%)

 Hewlett-Packard 

 3,492

  22.8 

 3,451

 22.7

 1.2

 Acer 

 3,384 

 22.1 

 2,571 

 16.9

 31.6

 Dell Inc.

 1,627

  10.6

  2,088 

 13.7

 -22.1

 Toshiba 

 1,037 

 6.8

  862

 5.7 

 20.3

 ASUS

 729 

 4.8 

  509  

 3.3

 43.4

 Others 

 5,053 

 33.0 

 5,732

 37.7

 -10.1

 Total 

15,323  

 100.0

 15,214 

 100.0 

 0.7

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs
Source: Gartner (April 2009)