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Gartner has just released estimated figures for the European PC market in this year's first quarter, showing sales up 14.1% compared with the same period in 2007.
Gartner says Dell is ahead in the UK, thanks partly to entering the "retail channel in Dixons and Tesco's. As a result, Dell saw a 200% increase in consumer mobile PC shipments and need to continue that momentum throughout 2008. Similarly, Hewlett-Packard managed to drive both consumer and professional mobile PC shipments growth, achieving nearly 70% overall growth."
The UK ranking for the Top 5 is as follows: Dell, HP, Acer, Toshiba, Fujitsu-Siemens -- as shown in the table above.
In France, the most noticeable change is the appearance of Asus (of Eee PC fame) in the Top 5. There, the ranking is now: HP, Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Asus.
Germany is different again, thanks to the historic strength of the Siemens brand, and supermarket PC sales. The Top 5 there is: Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, Acer, Dell, Medion.
The German market grew by 17.4%, whereas the French market grew by only 7.9%. The UK market grew by 11.2% to 3.1 million units (a million a month), and Gartner says:
The UK market was driven by strong mobile PC sales, which accounted for more than 60% of the total PC shipments and nearly 70% of consumer PCs. Mobile PCs saw volumes increasing nearly 40% compared with the first quarter of 2007. The desktop market declined in both consumer and professional markets by more than 15% year-on-year.
