For the first time ever, more than one million portable, desktop and server computers were shipped into the Canadian market in a single quarter, according to market researcher International Data Corp. Canada Ltd. of Toronto.
IDC said yesterday that the Canadian computer market continued its streak of five consecutive quarters of growth, with the number of units shipped during the quarter ending Sept. 30 growing 16 per cent compared with the same period a year earlier.
IDC said growth was driven by strong demand for notebook computers, a stronger Canadian dollar which makes foreign-made products cheaper, and excess component inventories. Dell Inc. held the biggest share of the Canadian market at 24.6 per cent, followed by Hewlett-Packard Co., International Business Machines Corp., Toshiba Corp., and Acer. [Clipped from today's Globe and Mail]
So who's doing what?
Here's the breakdown according to IDC:
- Dell | 248,000 units shipped for a 25 % market share, up 37.2 % Y/Y
- HP | 203,000 units shipped for a 20 % market share, up 4.8 % Y/Y
- IBM | 107,000 units shipped for an 11 % market share, up 4.9 %
- Toshiba | 58,000 units shipped for a 5.7 % market share, down 4.8 %
- Acer | 51,000 units shipped for a 5.1 % market share, up 230.6 %
IDC noted that Acer was making its first appearance in the top 5 vendors in the Canadian market and did so by positioning itself as the value-priced computer maker.
Apple also had a solid third quarter, IDC said, with its shipments jumping 23% compared to the same quarter last year.