{"id":90675,"date":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/lenovo-bucks-trend-as-apac-pc-market-slips-another-7-7pc\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","slug":"lenovo-bucks-trend-as-apac-pc-market-slips-another-7-7pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/lenovo-bucks-trend-as-apac-pc-market-slips-another-7-7pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo Bucks Trend As APac PC Market Slips Another 7.7pc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PC shipments in Asia-Pacific fell 7.7 percent to 107.6 million units in 2015. This was a steeper contraction from the 5.7 percent year-on-year drop in 2014, according to research from market analyst IDC.<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">In the fourth quarter of 2015, the APac market fell 6.5 percent year-on-year, reaching 26.9 million units.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">According to IDC Asia Pacific, Lenovo easily retained the top spot in the region in 2015 with an estimated 30.7 percent of the APac market, up from 28.4pc in Q4 2014, as it made significant headway into the Australian and New Zealand consumer space (see chart, page 1).&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Despite a drop in its Chinese home base, Lenovo also won a large share in India and Thailand due to a number of education sales.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Dell remained in second place &#8211; though a long way behind &#8211; by maintaining high YoY shipments to the enterprise sector in 2015. &nbsp;Dell recorded just 11.4pc percent of the APac market, compared with Lenovo&#8217;s 30.7 percent.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">H-P came in third with higher YoY public sector shipments in China, also from education project fulfilments in India and Thailand. It had an even 11 percent.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">In the minor placings, Asus overtook Acer to take fourth place from higher shipments in China and Indonesia consumer markets, and recording 7.4pc of the market. It also reported higher education shipments to Taiwan and Thailand. Apple doesn&#8217;t show up at all in the IDC figures.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">However, affected by a depressed retail environment, Chinese consumers failed to show interest in new PC offerings. 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