Hewlett-Packard (HP), country’s top computer and laptop maker, has captured 18.2 per cent share in personal computer (PC) market in the first quarter of financial year 2009, retaining its top place in the computer shipment for last four years as per report of research firm IDC.

HCL Infosystems attained second slot with market share of 9.8 per cent in over all PC shipment while Dell again slipped to third position, reporting a market share of 9.7% in the January-March period.

The country reported 7 per cent increase in PC shipment in the first quarter of current fiscal with a shipment of 16.79 lakh units of desktops and laptops by March 2009.

Acer Compute ranked at fourth while Lenovo at fifth place with market shares of 7.3 per cent and 4.7 per cent respectively during the first quarter.

IDC India country Manager, Kapil Dev Singh said, “Moving forward, hardware in general, and PC shipments in particular, will continue to remain under pressure. Winners would gain market share and improve profitability through the right price/volume mix and optimal exploitation of supply chain efficiencies.”