The sale of laptops and desktop systems is in the Netherlands for the past quarter has increased slightly. In so doing, the Dutch market is significantly better than the West-European market. Asus knew in Europe the most growth.
The pc sales in the Netherlands in the third quarter with a growth of 2.5 percent, slightly increased in comparison with the third quarter of 2010, concludes Nu.nl on the basis of figures from research firm Gartner. There were going to be in the Netherlands between July and september 927.000 pc’s over the counter, while the rate in 2010 is still on 905.000 lag. It is 70 percent for laptops.
With the increased pc sales, the Netherlands, a different picture than the Western European statistics. According to Gartner, in Western Europe the sale is correct by 11.4 percent to 14.8 million units. HP is still the market leader, followed by Acer that are computerverkoop quite saw reduced as a result of delivery problems. Asus has Dell managed to pass and climbs to the third position. Number four and five on the West-European market, respectively, Dell and Apple.
Although the business market, with a decline of 2.1 percent has been relatively stable, and showed them the consumer sale, a sharp drop: according to figures from Gartner, decreased by 18.8 percent. Especially netbooks did it poorly with a verkoopdaling of over 40 per cent; the rising popularity of tablets, would be there to blame, though Gartner this specific product category is still not in his figures.