Lukewarm demand from the Government has resulted in a sharp decrease in the combined desktop and mobile personal computer sales in the country in the quarter ended December 31. t 1.96 million units, this showed a year-on-year decrease of 19.9 per cent.
“Consumers accounted for 49 percent of total PC sales in the fourth quarter of 2013,” said Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner. Hewlett-Packard Company’s (HP) market share in the consumer segment grew 3 percentage points to 21.3 per cent against 16.8 per cent in the comparable quarter previous year. Dell increased its market share on the back of a strong 49 per centgrowth in notebooks. This growth primarily came from the consumer segment where Dell grew 70 per cent. Lenovo’s share, too, went up to 15.9 per cent from 13.5 per cent a year earlier.