Notebook shipments attained 39.4 million in shipments during the second quarter of 2013, up 0.4% on quarter, while shipments of the top nine vendors in the market declined 0.7% on quarter, according to research firm WitsView.
Hewlett Packard's (HP) notebook shipments attained seven million units in the second quarter, up 10% on quarter, while Lenovo followed closely, attaining shipments of 6.1 million units for a 0.3% on-quarter increase. Acer and Asustek Computer meanwhile saw shipments rise 0.2% and 1%, respectively, during the second quarter, but Toshiba saw shipments decline 12.6% on quarter.
Based on WitsView's observations, vendors' shipments have faced turbulence since June 2013 and are being revised down for the following quarter, which should limit notebook shipment growth to 7-9% in the third quarter.
Article translated by Alex Wolfgram
