Lenovo Retained Top PC Global Share in Q4, Says IDC Report

Global Q4 PC shipments fell 2.4 percent to 80.8 million units, IDC said Monday in its quarterly PC tracker. Though Q4 shipments inched above 80 million for the first time in 2014, “the final quarter nonetheless marked the end of yet another difficult year,” the third straight year with overall volumes declining, IDC said. Total 2014 shipments fell 2.1 percent to 308.6 million units, it said. Though the U.S. and Europe remained stronger than other markets, “growth in these mature regions slowed from earlier in the year,” IDC said. "The U.S. PC market continued to grow in the fourth quarter, outperforming the global market for the 10th consecutive quarter,” it said. "The U.S. PC market should see flat to slightly positive growth. The U.S. consumer PC market will finally move to positive growth in 2015, strengthened by the slowdown in the tablet market, vendor and OEM efforts to rejuvenate the PC market, the launch of Window 10, and replacement of older PCs." Lenovo remained the world’s market share leader in Q4 with a 19.9 percent share, followed by Hewlett-Packard (19.7 percent), Dell (13.5 percent), Acer (7.7 percent) and Apple (7.1 percent).