According to the Research compamy Canalys - in the fourth quarter 2011, Apple was able to get the status of the largest computer manufacturer, this should be primarily due to the sales growth of iPad. However, according to the new Canalys report, the traditional market leader of finished computers is HP.
To be precise, Apple ended the first quarter with 15.8 million sold to client devices, and HP ahead with only 40,000 computers. Of the 15.8 million computers sold by Apple tablet were 11.8 million. Third place in the ranking is Lenovo with impressive growth in sales volume - up to 50% compared to last year. Acer and Dell close the five largest computer manufacturers.
In general, the market of client devices rose by 21% to 107 million sold copies. Desktop computers were sold at 8% better laptops - 11% better. The greatest progress was observed in the Tablet PC segment - up to 200% for the year. Netbooks lost per year in the popularity are 34%. Only Samsung, Lenovo and Asus compensate the netbooks sales by the growing sales volumes of tablets.
On the world market in the first quarter , Tablet PCs accounted for 19% of all sales, the share of netbooks accounted for only 5% of the market. Full-size laptops up to 50% . Note that in the U.S. the tablet market occupy 40% of sales of new client computers. This is largely due to both the infrastructure and pricing policies - both factors in the markets of other regions are not so favorable. The volume of computer sales in North America for the year rose by 31%, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia have demonstrated an increase of 19% in Latin America, growth was measured by only 10%.
The next surge in demand is expected by Canalys experts in the second half, when Windows 8 will appear, and the price of ultra-thin notebooks achieved an acceptable level.