What a Year for the Australian PC Market, Says IDC
Announcement posted by IDC 31 Jan 2004
Preliminary fourth quarter 2003 Australian PC figures have been released by IDC. The results show the PC market in Australia shipping 618,827 units (Desktop and Notebook) in 4Q 2003. This was a slight 2% increase from the third quarter of 2003, and a solid 10% increase from the same period in 2002.
The desktop market was more or less flat between 3Q and 4Q, while annually the market grew 3%. The notebook market bounced back after a tough 3Q increasingly sequentially 9%, while annually the market jumped 38%.
Based on these preliminary figures 2003 shaped up to be a very good year in the PC business with desktop shipments increasing annually 14%. Notebooks continue to take centre stage growing an impressive 35% between 2002 and 2003. The total PC market (Desktop and Notebook only) grew a staggering 18% annually in a year that saw both commercial and consumer users start buying again.
IDCs PC Analyst Imraan Ali, said," At this stage it looks like retail sales were solid. Although early indications were that the market was soft it was more a case of the vendors expectations being set too high. The education market was again the major growth segment with a number of desktop and notebook supplier benefiting from steady buying during the quarter."
Top 6 Vendor Market Shares 4Q 2003 (Desktop and Notebook combined)
Overall Share:
HP 17.7%
Dell 12.7%
IBM 8.5%
Acer 7.7%
Toshiba 5.7%
Apple 3.9%
Others 43.8%
Total 100.0%
The desktop market was more or less flat between 3Q and 4Q, while annually the market grew 3%. The notebook market bounced back after a tough 3Q increasingly sequentially 9%, while annually the market jumped 38%.
Based on these preliminary figures 2003 shaped up to be a very good year in the PC business with desktop shipments increasing annually 14%. Notebooks continue to take centre stage growing an impressive 35% between 2002 and 2003. The total PC market (Desktop and Notebook only) grew a staggering 18% annually in a year that saw both commercial and consumer users start buying again.
IDCs PC Analyst Imraan Ali, said," At this stage it looks like retail sales were solid. Although early indications were that the market was soft it was more a case of the vendors expectations being set too high. The education market was again the major growth segment with a number of desktop and notebook supplier benefiting from steady buying during the quarter."
Top 6 Vendor Market Shares 4Q 2003 (Desktop and Notebook combined)
Overall Share:
HP 17.7%
Dell 12.7%
IBM 8.5%
Acer 7.7%
Toshiba 5.7%
Apple 3.9%
Others 43.8%
Total 100.0%