The Asia-Pacific PC market enjoyed strong sales in the second quarter, with portable PC shipment growth at its highest in over a year, says IDC.
In its report released Friday, the research house said that the regional PC market, excluding Japan, shipped 14.3 million PCs, posting 11 percent quarter-on-quarter growth, says IDC.
Regional PC shipments grew 22 percent annually, and all countries posted year-on-year growth with the exception of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Taiwan.
Spurred by retail promotions and channel fulfillment in markets like China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Vietnam, portable PCs grew faster than desktops, posting 50 percent year-on-year growth in the second quarter, IDC said.
"Portable PCs, in particular, picked up the pace again this quarter with year-on-year growth rates not seen in over a year," Bryan Ma, director of Asia-Pacific Personal Systems Research at IDC, said in a statement. "Across the region, portables grew faster, thanks to retail promotions and channel fulfillment in markets like China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
"At this pace, we can expect the 2007 notebook market to clear 17 million units with ease," Ma predicted.
The region's top five PC vendors maintained their rankings in the second quarter. Buoyed by its strong notebook growth in China, Lenovo lead the pack with 20.7 percent market share and 28.2 percent annual growth.
HP's focus on the Chinese market paid off in the second quarter, too. HP enjoyed the largest annual growth rate of 64.7 percent, and its regional market share expanded to 16 percent.
Dell held onto third position with 8.5 percent market share and posted 10.3 percent annual growth. Trailing closely in fourth position is Acer with 6.5 percent market share and 34 percent year-on-year growth. Fifth-placed Founder holds 5.3 percent market share and 6.3 percent annual growth.
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