Whereas Gartner has divided out tablets (leaving PC sales down for the first time since Q3 2009), Canalys decides to leave tablets in and show WW PC sales up 7.7%, with shipments reaching 88.6m units.
Meanwhile WW PC shipments for Q1 2011 total 84.3m units-- a 1.1% Y-o-Y. That means tablets could reflect 9% of total PC sales.
HP still leads the WW market, with 16.6% share (down by -5.8% from Q1 2010). Following are Acer (12.8% market share and -6.5% Y-o-Y growth) and Dell (11.3% market share Continue reading...