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San Francisco, Acer may be a little glad, a PC-computer sales in Europe will surpass the success Hewlett-Packard (HP) in the third quarter. The success of this sale of netbook triggered by the demand.

Despite success in Europe, but still held the world throne HP. Disclosed by the research company, Gartner, PC shipments worldwide increased 15 percent in this quarter. HP still leads, shadowed by Dell.

Mentioned by Mika Kitagawa, Gartner analyst, the increase in market share driven by the success of Acer netbook. In this segment, HP and Dell are not enough respite, so as quoted from Reuters, Thursday (16/10/2008).

Overall, global PC shipments increased 15 percent from last year, a 80.6 million units. Meanwhile, shipments in the United States increased 4.6 percent to 17.4 million units.

In the third quarter, HP send as many as 14.8 million PC units, with 18.4 percent market share. Followed by Dell with 13.6 percent market share, down 0.5 percent from last year. Meanwhile, Acer market share increased 12.5 percent from 9.7 percent.

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