Notebook PC Sales In India Zooms

The Indian notebook personal computer (PC) market has grown by around a whopping 85 per cent during the third quarter (July-Sep) of 2007, says a report. The report was released by US-based IDC Ltd''s Indian subsidiary IDC India, a global research and market intelligence firm for IT, telecom and consumer technology.The top slot in terms of units sold was grabbed by Hewlett Packard (HP), commanding a market share of 21.6 per cent, followed by HCL (12.3 per cent) and Lenovo (10.3 per cent).

Portability rather than mobility has emerged as the number one driver for the sustained growth in notebook PC shipments in India, Kapil Dev Singh, country manager, IDC India, said in a statement.Portability driving factorGiven the choice of portability, flexibility and ease of use and the narrowing of the price-performance gap that once existed between portables and desktops, consumers are almost overwhelmingly inclined to buy notebook PCs, Singh added.Notebook PC shipments to home and small office home office (SOHO) segment grew by a galloping 166 per cent year-on-year and made up for 43 per cent of total notebook shipments.The next largest contributors to this trend were the enterprise and education segments, the report said.