PC market in US is overtaken by China

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

After three decades of American dominance in an industry pioneered by Apple Inc and International Business Machines Corp., US personal-computer market is overtaken by China last quarter. PC shipments in China rose 14 per cent to 18.5 million units during Q2, the first time they surpassed the number in the US, where they fell 4.8 per cent to 17.7 million, as per industry buzz. China will likely pass the US in 2012 on a full-year basis.

The estimates highlight the growing importance of China, which passed the US in 2009 in the car market, as the world's consumer. The value of computer shipments in China in the second quarter was $11.9 billion, compared with $11.7 billion for the US.

China is said to have 22 per cent of the global PC market by shipments, compared with 21 per cent for the US.

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