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Chennai: Hewlett-Packard retained the top spot in the overall India client PC (notebooks and desktops combined) market with a share of 15.6% by unit shipments. Dell dislodged HCL from the second spot with an 10.9% share, while HCL was third with 9.6% of total PC shipments, according to IDC’s India Quarterly PC Tracker release.
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The overall domestic market shipments remained lower at 7.98 million during January-December 2008 as against 8.06 million in 2007. Desktop PC shipments dropped 10.1%* while notebook PC shipments recorded a growth of 31.5%* on a year-on-year basis.
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Table 1: India PC Shipments and Growth by Form Factor: CY 2008 over CY 2007*
| Form Factor | CY 2007 in '000s | CY 2008 in '000s | Growth 2008 over CY 2007 |
| Desktop PCs | 6,303 | 5,664 | -10.1% |
| Notebook PCs | 1,760 | 2,315 | +31.5% |
| Total Client PC | 8,063 | 7,979 | -1.0% |
*According to IDC’s India Quarterly PC Tracker 2008, 4Q 2008, March 2009 release
During the October-December 2008 quarter, the overall India client PC shipments were 1.56 million units, a drop of 22.7%* over the same period previous year. The desktop PC shipments dropped 24.7%*, while notebook PC shipments recorded a 17.4%* degrowth.
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Table 2: India PC Shipments and Growth by Form Factor: 4Q 2008 vs. 4Q 2007*
| Form Factor | 4Q 2007 in '000s | 4Q 2008 in '000s | Growth (4Q '08 over 4Q '07) |
| Desktop PCs | 1,473 | 1,109 | -24.7% |
| Notebook PCs | 549 | 454 | -17.4% |
| Total Client PC | 2,023 | 1,563 | -22.7% |
In terms of desktop PC shipments during fourth quarter of 2008, HP and HCL were tied at first position with a market share* of 10.6% each, while Dell ranked third. In terms of notebook PC shipments during 4Q 2008, HP retained the top spot with a reduced market share* of 27.6% followed by Dell at the second spot while Acer came in third.
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“The home and SMB segments recorded the lowest drop (in percentage terms) in CY 2008 vis-à-vis CY 2007. The measures announced by the RBI to free up credit are expected to revive demand from these segment and a moderate recovery in shipments may result during the second half of CY 2009,” said Sumanta Mukherjee, Lead Analyst, Computing Products Research, IDC India.
“Despite these measures, CY 2009 could still see a drop in overall India Client PC shipments. Judicious inventory management, coupled with marketing initiatives to explore the hitherto untapped ‘long tail’ of customers in the Indian heartland could be the key to survival in a tough year,” opined Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC India.
Table 3: India Client PC (Desktop + Notebook) Shipments: Top 3 Vendor Market Shares (% of units), 4Q 2008 vs. 4Q 2007*
| 4Q '07 Client PC Shipments | 4Q '08 Client PC Shipments | ||
| Vendor | Market Share | Vendor | Market Share |
| Hewlett-Packard | 17.6% | Hewlett-Packard | 15.6% |
| HCL | 10.8% | Dell | 10.9% |
| Lenovo | 8.9% | HCL | 9.6% |
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