Canalys reports that while the WW PC industry continues braving the current economic situation, Wintel PCs' market share falls to its lowest point in more than 20 years, to under 82%.
The WW PC market grows by 17% Y-o-Y in Q2 2011-- if one counts tablets, as well enterprise's refresh to Windows 7.
Apple leads in the tablet market, and now holds 13.6% of the overall WW PC market according to Canalys. Tablet-wise Acer, asus, HP, HTC, RIM and Samsung follow behind-- with Acer's Iconia Tab finding popularity in Germany and Russia.
Business PC spending continues at "a healthy pace", as Canalys expects businesses' transition from notebooks to tablets or smartphones to be a lengthy one. Meanwhile enterprise spending continues driving high-performance PC sales.
Consumers continue prefering tablets to notebooks and netbooks, with vendors such as Acer currently struggling to clear stocks-- causing inventory levels impacting on European markets.
Vendor-wise, HP remains on top, with 15.7% WW market share for Q2 2011 (from Q2 2010's 17.9%) and 3.4% Y-o-Y shipment growth. As mentioned earlier, Apple has 13.6% market share-- making it second biggest vendor (beating Dell), with 95.9% Y-o-Y shipment growth no doubt thanks to the iPad.
Following are Dell (11.1% market share. 11.8% Y-o-Y growth), Lenovo (10.6% market share, 26.8% Y-o-Y growth) and Acer (10.5% market share, -8.8% Y-o-Y growth).
No details on either hardware or launch date are available as yet, other than Shih saying the device will be "impressive".
DigiTimes says while Acer won't confirm the report, Taiwan-based component makers say 40 containers of Acer notebooks left from its base in Chiongqing City, Western China, to the Europe market via an Asia-Europe railway route.
Digitimes also expects tablet shipments to surpass 65m in 2011 with 200% Y-o-Y growth.
It carries a 1080p LED-backlit panel together with a built-in nVidia 3D Vision wireless emitter, while the package includes a pair of 3D Vision glasses.
