A study reveals that India’s PC market has grown by 22% to record 1.53 million shipments in the second quarter of the current financial year. Notebook PC shipments growth also exceeds 73% quarter-on-quarter, which is projected to corner 40% share of the overall India client PC market by 2010.

Of this, North India emerges as largest market for both desktop and notebook PCs. During 2Q 2007 (Apr-Jun ‘07), the overall India client PC market grew 22.1%* year-on-year (2Q 2007 over 2Q 2006) in terms of unit shipments. For the same period (2Q 2007 over 2Q 2006), desktop PC shipments showed a growth of 11.3%*, while notebook PC shipments showed a growth of 73.1%* (2Q 2007 over 2Q 2006).

In the overall Client PC (Notebooks and Desktops combined) market the rankings remained unchanged. HP retained the top spot with a market share  of 22.2%, followed by HCL at 12.8%, and Lenovo at 10.3%, in terms of unit shipments during the second quarter of calendar year 2007 (2Q 2007).

In terms of desktop PC shipments HP managed to regain its top position with a market share of 16.7%, followed by HCL and Lenovo in second and third spots, respectively during 2Q 2007. In terms of notebook PC shipments, HP retained the top spot with a market share of 40.4% in 2Q 2007. Lenovo came in at the second spot and Dell climbed up to take the third spot.

The key PC market trends

1. Notebook PC market momentum continued unabated. Brand value and service capabilities to define future market leaders, while volume growth is expected to help make notebook PCs more affordable. 
2. Northern India garnered the lion’s share of total client PC shipments followed by the southern and western parts of the country. The eastern region moved from a share of 7% in 2Q 2004 to a share of 11.6% of the total India client PC market during 2Q 2007.