The big PC brands displace the smaller ones

The personal computer (PC) sales in the world market decreased in the fourth quarter of 2014 overall, but the big brands were able to increase their market share at the expense of the smaller brands – IDC IT and telecommunications market research company’s quarterly analysis reveals.

Last year, more than 80 million personal computers were sold in the fourth quarter of the world market due to the year-end holiday shopping fever. A total of 308.6 million PCs were sold worldwide in 2014, 2.1 percent less than in 2013. The year 2014 was the third row, when the world market PC sales have declined.

The five market-leading brands, Lenovo, HP, Dell, Acer and Apple increased their sales and market share in the fourth quarter, while the rest were sold 20.7 percent less PCs, and their market share decrease from 39.6 percent to 32.2 percent. (MTI)