Mumbai, March 27, 2009 
The overall India Client PC market shipments remained flat at 7.98 million during January-December 2008 against 8.06 million in 2007. For CY 2008, desktop PC shipments dropped 10.1%* while notebook PC shipments recorded a growth of 31.5%* on a year-on-year basis. 

Table 1: India PC Shipments and Growth by Form Factor: CY 2008 over CY 2007*

Form Factor	CY 2007 in ’000s	CY 2008 in ’000s	Growth 2008 over CY 2007
Desktop PCs	6,303	5,664	-10.1%
Notebook PCs	1,760	2,315	+31.5%
Total Client PC	8,063	7,979	-1.0%

*According to IDC’s India Quarterly PC Tracker 2008, 4Q 2008, March 2009 release

During the October-December 2008 quarter (4Q 2008) the overall India Client PC shipments were 1.56 million units, a drop of 22.7%* over the same period previous year. The desktop PC shipments dropped 24.7%*, while notebook PC shipments recorded a 17.4%* degrowth (4Q 2008 over 4Q 2007).

Table 2: India PC Shipments and Growth by Form Factor: 4Q 2008 vs. 4Q 2007*

Form Factor	4Q 2007 in ’000s	4Q 2008 in ’000s	Growth (4Q ’08 over 4Q ’07)
Desktop PCs	1,473	1,109	-24.7%
Notebook PCs	549	454	-17.4%
Total Client PC	2,023	1,563	-22.7%

*According to IDC’s India Quarterly PC Tracker 2008, 4Q 2008, March 2009 release

During the fourth quarter Hewlett-Packard retained the top spot in the overall India Client PC (Notebooks and Desktops combined) market with a market share* of 15.6% by unit shipments. Dell dislodged HCL from the second spot with an 10.9% share, while HCL was third with 9.6% of total PC shipments.

In terms of desktop PC shipments during 4Q 2008, HP and HCL were tied at first position with a market share* of 10.6% each, while Dell ranked third. In terms of notebook PC shipments during 4Q 2008, HP retained the top spot with a reduced market share* of 27.6% followed by Dell at the second spot while Acer came in third.

Table 3: India Client PC (Desktop + Notebook) Shipments: Top 3 Vendor Market Shares (% of units), 4Q 2008 vs. 4Q 2007*

4Q ’07 Client PC Shipments (Notebook PCs + Desktop PCs)		4Q ’08 Client PC Shipments (Notebook PCs + Desktop PCs)
Vendor	Market Share	Vendor	Market Share
Hewlett-Packard	17.6%	Hewlett-Packard	15.6%
HCL	10.8%	Dell	10.9%
Lenovo	8.9%	HCL	9.6%

*According to IDC’s India Quarterly PC Tracker 2008, 4Q 2008 quarter, March 2009 release

“The Home and SMB segments recorded the lowest drop (in percentage terms) in CY 2008 vis-à-vis CY 2007. The measures announced by the RBI to free up credit are expected to revive demand from these segments and a moderate recovery in shipments may result during the second half of CY 2009,” said Sumanta Mukherjee, Lead Analyst, Computing Products Research, IDC India. 

“The industry is also resting its hopes on the infrastructure, public sector spending and e-Governance and development projects,” Sumanta added.

“Despite these measures, CY 2009 could still see a drop in overall India Client PC shipments. Judicious inventory management, coupled with marketing initiatives to explore the hitherto untapped ‘long tail’ of customers in the Indian heartland could be the key to survival in a tough year,” opined Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC India.

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