Acer has pushed Toshiba out of its number three ranking in worldwide notebook sales.

The Q4 2005 marketshares from preliminary Gartner Dataquest results award Acer notebooks with the highest year-on-year growth in the US market, a No. 1 ranking in EMEA and No. 3 in Asia Pacific.
The stunning 66.7 per cent year-on-year growth is a testament to the company’s successful strategy to drive brand name notebook prices to whisper thin margins backed up by the company’s manufacturing prowess.

The move into the number three spot in Asia Pacific was the result of a 117.1 per cent growth result – the highest among the top-ten vendors.

According to the Dataquest figures, Acer’s number four spot for the Total PC market is thanks to a healthy year-on-year growth of 56.2 per cent.

Acer also ranked No. 3 in EMEA and No. 5 in Asia Pacific, with respective year-on-year growths of 48.3% and 62.4%, both growth rates were the highest among the top-five vendors.
Though Dell and HP have a stranglehold on the US market, Acer has preformed admirably there too with a 145.3 increase over the year ago quarter in Total PC sales and 202.6 per cent in the notebook only segment. Notably Acer was the only growing desktop brand among the top-ten vendors.

Q4 2005 Worldwide notebook shipment

Source: Gartner Q4 2005 preliminary data