Acer knocks Lenovo off number three PC OEM trolley

MARKET RESEARCH firm iSupply said that Acer toppled the mighty Lenovo off its number one perch in the global PC market.

And, overall, it showed the best growth performance during the first calendar quarter of this year.

The research reckons that its shipments rose by 45.8 per cent to hit 4.2 million units, giving it a market share of 6.8 per cent, a lead of 9.4 per cent over Chinese firm Lenovo.

Despite Acer's rise, it has a very long way to go to threaten Dell's number two position.

The figures in the iSuppli table below represent units in thousands. The table also clearly shows that it's getting increasingly hard to be an "other" with the multinationals now owning not far off 50 per cent of the whole pie. µ

Rank	Vendor	Q1 07 ship	Q1 06 ship	07 share	Growth
1	HP	10,723	8,475	17.2%	26.5%
2	Dell	8,973	9,626	14.4%	-6.8%
3	Acer	4,210	2,887	6.8%	45.8%
4	Lenovo	3,961	3,406	6.4%	16.3%
5	Toshiba	2,580	2,250	4.1%	13.8%
	Total	30,427	26,644	48.8%	14.2%
	Others	31,930	30,727	51.2%	3.9%
	Grand Sum	62,356	57,371	100%	8.7%