Dell topped HP’s sale in the notebook PC segment for the first time in India. The world’s top PC maker also grabbed the No. 1 spot in India, in the particular segment, for the first time in the last quarter. Dell’s market share for the quarter remained at 26.3 per cent.

Nevertheless, HP remained strong at its numero uno position considering the overall market (notebook and desktop). As per an IDC report, HP handled the maximum shipment of personal computers with 16.2 per cent market share. Dell remained second with 13.6 per cent market share. Acer followed HP and Dell with 10.4 per cent of the total shipments.

The IDC report further revealed that Indian PC market witnessed a strong year-on-year growth of 25.7 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal. Overall shipments (sales) remained at 19.7 lakh units.

Sale of Desktop PCs continued to be the bulk of the PC sales accounting for almost two-third of total PC shipments. Desktop sales touched 12.7 units during the quarter, posting a growth of 14.6 per cent. However, the notebook segments was seen to be catching up really fast as shipments grew 52.8 per cent during the period to 6.9 lakh units.