Laptop computers sales exceeds desktop computers in Q3 in 2008

Following a trend visible in previous years global laptop computers shipments exceeded those of desktops on a quarterly basis for the first time ever in the third quarter 2008, marking a watershed event in the history of the industry, according to iSuppli Corp. Notebook computers shipments rose almost 40 percent in the third quarter of 2008 compared to the same period of 2007 to reach 38.6 million units. Conversely, desktop PC shipments declined by 1.3 percent for the same period to 38.5 million units according to the same source. “While the third quarter will be remembered as the time when the scale of the global economic/credit crunch truly became apparent, the PC market managed to deliver strong unit shipment growth during the period,” said Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for compute platforms at iSuppli.
Top-5 PC OEM listings and rankings for the third quarter of 2008, according to iSuppli:
No.-1 Hewlett-Packard Co. of the United States retained its No.-1 ranking position in the third quarter of 2008, with shipments of 14.9 million units, and a market share of 18.8 percent.
No.-2 U.S. PC maker Dell Inc. maintained its second-place ranking with shipments of slightly less than 11 million units, giving the company a market share of 13.9 percent.
No.-3 Acer, with a market share of 12.2 percent resulting from shipments of 9.7 million during the quarter—a standout performance.
Rounding out the Top-5 PC OEM rankings were Lenovo and Toshiba Corp., ranked fourth and fifth, with market shares of 7.5 and 4.6 percent, respectively.
The Information Network estimates that 11.4 million netbooks were sold in 2008, up from 400,000 in 2007. For 2009, the firm estimates that netbook sales will grow 189 percent to 21.5 million. Meanwhile, the firm estimates that 145.9 million notebooks were sold in 2008 and projects that number will grow 21.8 percent in 2009 to 177.7 million.
Now the 2008 sales confirms that laptop computers becomes the best selling computers and we may say that the best selling laptop computers list became the best selling computers list.