Lenovo leaps HP in global PC shipments

Reuters pointed to an upcoming shift in the global PC market that most industry watchers have been expecting for some time now, saying that Chinese manufacturer Lenovo (HKG:0992) is expected to soon surpass Hewlett Packard as the biggest PC maker in terms of shipments.

Lenovo is already shipping the most PCs in the Asia region by a large margin. While Lenovo (with 14.9 percent market share) sits just behind global leader HP (15.5 percent) it’s interesting to take a look back and see how it got there.

Reuters points out that Lenovo’s joint venture with Japanese manufacturer NEC (January 2011) as well as its acquisition of German consumer electronics maker Medion (June 2011) has helped its progress. But the report also notes that Lenovo’s profit margins at 1.4 percent are lower than HP and Dell (7.4 and 6.2 percent respectively) for the most recent quarter.

It’s also important to note that Lenovo announced earlier this month that it would be investing $30 million into a manufacturing and distribution center in Brazil. And progress in that large market will certainly help Lenovo in the PC wars since Brazil was the world’s third largest PC market in 2011.

via www.TechinAsia.com

12 thoughts on “Lenovo leaps HP in global PC shipments

  • Marisa Sung

    WHAT THE DELL IS GOING ON WITH LENOVO TAKING THE LEAD FROM HP IN GLOBAL SHIPMENTS?? COULD IT BEE THAT THEY ARE IN A FUHRER OVER THEIR HPS TOO AND WANT TO THROW THEM OUT THE WINDOWS AS WELL?? LET’S FACE IT, THE CHINESE COMPANY IS MAKING GREAT PRODUCTS BC THE GENIUSES BEHIND IT ARE THE GERMANS AND THE JAPANESE=THE BEST THAT YOUR MONEY CAN’T BUY!! SO IF YOU CAN’T STEEL AND COPY THEM=BUY THEM!! 🙂

    SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER IN A FUHRER OVER THE HP COMPUTERS=THEY MUST BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY WITH LENOVO! 🙂

    Reuters pointed to an upcoming shift in the global PC market that most industry watchers have been expecting for some time now, saying that Chinese manufacturer Lenovo (HKG:0992) is expected to soon surpass Hewlett Packard as the biggest PC maker in terms of shipments.

    Lenovo is already shipping the most PCs in the Asia region by a large margin. While Lenovo (with 14.9 percent market share) sits just behind global leader HP (15.5 percent) it’s interesting to take a look back and see how it got there.

    Reuters points out that Lenovo’s joint venture with Japanese manufacturer NEC (January 2011) as well as its acquisition of German consumer electronics maker Medion (June 2011) has helped its progress. But the report also notes that Lenovo’s profit margins at 1.4 percent are lower than HP and Dell (7.4 and 6.2 percent respectively) for the most recent quarter.
    LISTENING TO YUE I GET THE BLUEPRINTS, I GET THE STORY SEW THAT I DON’T NEED TO WORK HARD TO CREATE MEI OWN BC I LACK CREATIVITY, THE VISION, THE GENIUS AND THE EMAGINATION SEW I’LL JUST STEEL IT FROM YUE AND TAKE ALL OF THE CREDIT AND PROFITS FOR IT=GET REAL ER WISE UP BC THE CHINESE ARE THE BEST COPYCATS IN THE WORLD=I CREATE NOTHING – I ONLEE STEEL IT!! 🙂

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  • Anonymous

    I’ve always wondered where the Chinese teach their young that “borrowing” intellectual property is acceptable and is Business Ethics 402 the most unpopular class in their Universities? Maybe it was just a certain generation that allowed this and the future will be ethical? Maybe, maybe……? Tommy Can You Help Me?

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  • Marisa Sung

    BORROWING AND STEALING ARE TWO COMPLETELEE DIFFERENT THINGS!! IF YUE WANT TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, THEN GET IT COPYRIGHTED OTHERWISE IT IS THE PROPERTY OF ALL!! ALSO, HOW MANY EMPLOYERS USE AN EMPLOYEE FOR A TIME UNTIL THEY SUCK THE BLOOD AND IDEAS OUT OF THEM AT WITCH POINT THEY TERMINATE THEM JUST TO PASS IT OFF AS THEIR OWN THUS SERVING THINE OWN SELFISH PURPOSES AND VICE VERSA?? THAT HAPPENS MUCH TOO OFTEN TO MENTION!! TRUST MEE, THERE IS FAR WORSE OUT THERE!! NO ONE HERE IS FINANCIALLY AND UNJUSTLY PROFITING BY TAKING ANYTHING THAT IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL=THAT IS THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE!! THANK YUE SEW MUCH FOR YOUR CONCERN AND CONSIDERATION AND NOW YUE CAN RETURN TO USING AND ABUSING PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR WILL FOR YOUR OWN SELFISH FINANCIAL GAINS!! DON’T FORGET TO KICK THEM TO THE CURB ONCE YOU STEEL ALL OF THEIR CONTACTS, IDEAS AND STRATEGIES NOW!! 🙁

    TO THINE OWN SELF BEE TRUE

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  • Anonymous

    Errrrrr…I’m self employed with no employees….do I have to self abuse? The curb is vacant.

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  • Marisa Sung

    GOOD FOR YUE! WE’VE GIVEN THE MATTER OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND WILL DUE OUR VERY BEST TO RESOLOVE IT RIGHT AWAY.

    THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!! 🙂

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  • Anonymous

    Wires crossed…right answer, wrong thread…but thats Okedokee.

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  • Marisa Sung

    THE I JUST SUCCESSFULLY CONNED AND ROBBED THIS BITCH OR ER GUY BLIND LOOK!! YEAH, I KNOW!! THEY NEVER LET YUE KNOW THAT THEY LOOKED YUE UP AND HAD ADVANCE INFORMATION REGARDING YOURS AND YOUR FAMILY’S OVERALL WEALTH!! THEY PLAY DUMB VERY VERY WELL!! AND THEY PREY ON MOST AMERICANS ESP THE MEN BC THEY GO DUMB THE SECOND IT COMES TO SEX=THE IQ HITS MINUS ZERO! YUE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT A COMPUTER IS LIKE MOTHER’S MILK TO THESE PEOPLE!! BIG RED FLAG!! 🙁

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  • Anonymous

    Thats why there are a lot of smiles at Green Card ceremonies!

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  • Marisa Sung

    YUE HAVE TO EXXCUSE MEE BUT I TURNED IN AN IT GUY ONCE BUY THE NAME OF ARNEL WHO WAS STEELING AND ROBBING THE COMPANY BLIND AND AS A RESULT OF MEI KNOWING THIS HE FEARED MEE ENOUGH TO TURN TURNED THE TABLES AROUND ON MEE BUY GETTING PEOPLE IN THE COMPANY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MEE ON HIS BEHALF!! THEN AFTER I NOTIFIED THE BUSINESS OWNER ABOUT THIS HE IGNORED IT AND ACTUALLY CELEBRATED THE CON ARTIST EMPLOYEE OF HIS COMPANY!! 🙁 MEANWHILE, THIS IT EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE “INSIDE INFORMATION” FROM MEE THEREBY PUTTING MEE AT TREMENDOUS RISK SO I DECIDED THAT HE WAS A HUGE RISK AND DIDN’T WANT HIM ANYWHERE NEAR MEE WITCH REALLY GOT THE BALL ROLLING!! WHAT I FAILED TO REALIZE IS THAT HE HAS TOO MUCH INFO ON THE COMPANY AND AS A “MINORITY” FILIPINO MAN HE IS A TREMENDOUS RISK TO FIRE EVENTHOUGH HE IS A THIEF, A LIAR, A SNEAK AND A BACKSTABBER! SEW I GUESS MEI POINT IS THAT AS LONG AS YOU ARE CONSIDERED “MINORITY” YOU CAN BE A SERIAL KILLER AND THE COMPANY WILL NEVER FIRE YOU BUT RATHER THROW A HUGE PARTY FOR YUE TO CELEBRATE YOUR WONDERFUL DEEDS!! NOT TO MENTION THAT THIS DUDE WAS THE NOSIEST ASSHOLE I EVER MET IN MEI LIFE!! A STICK LIKE KRAZY GLUE TO YOU IN ORDER TO SUCK YOU DRY THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD EVER WANT SEW YOU ARE STUCK WITH HIM FOR LIFE TYPE=VERY MUCH LIKE ANN CURRY WHO IS STILL STICKING TO THE TODAY SHOW ANY WITCH WAY SHE CAN!! 🙂

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  • Marisa Sung

    YUE HAVE TO EXXCUSE MEE BUT I TURNED IN AN IT GUY ONCE BUY THE NAME OF ARNEL WHO WAS STEELING AND ROBBING THE COMPANY BLIND AND AS A RESULT OF MEI KNOWING THIS HE FEARED MEE ENOUGH TO TURN TURNED THE TABLES AROUND ON MEE BUY GETTING PEOPLE IN THE COMPANY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MEE ON HIS BEHALF!! THEN AFTER I NOTIFIED THE BUSINESS OWNER ABOUT THIS HE IGNORED IT AND ACTUALLY CELEBRATED THE CON ARTIST EMPLOYEE OF HIS COMPANY!! 🙁 MEANWHILE, THIS IT EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE “INSIDE INFORMATION” FROM MEE THEREBY PUTTING MEE AT TREMENDOUS RISK SO I DECIDED THAT HE WAS A HUGE RISK AND DIDN’T WANT HIM ANYWHERE NEAR MEE WITCH REALLY GOT THE BALL ROLLING!! WHAT I FAILED TO REALIZE IS THAT HE HAS TOO MUCH INFO ON THE COMPANY AND AS A “MINORITY” FILIPINO MAN HE IS A TREMENDOUS RISK TO FIRE EVENTHOUGH HE IS A THIEF, A LIAR, A SNEAK AND A BACKSTABBER! SEW I GUESS MEI POINT IS THAT AS LONG AS YOU ARE CONSIDERED “MINORITY” YOU CAN BE A SERIAL KILLER AND THE COMPANY WILL NEVER FIRE YOU BUT RATHER THROW A HUGE PARTY FOR YUE TO CELEBRATE YOUR WONDERFUL DEEDS!! NOT TO MENTION THAT THIS DUDE WAS THE NOSIEST ASSHOLE I EVER MET IN MEI LIFE!! A STICK LIKE KRAZY GLUE TO YOU IN ORDER TO SUCK YOU DRY THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD EVER WANT SEW YOU ARE STUCK WITH HIM FOR LIFE TYPE=VERY MUCH LIKE ANN CURRY WHO IS STILL STICKING TO THE TODAY SHOW ANY WITCH WAY SHE CAN!! 🙂

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  • Marisa Sung

    YOU ARE SEW RIGHT = HE IS!! THANK YOU FOR THAT TERM!! KLINGON LIKE STATIC KLING!! I PREFER STUCK ON LIKE KRAZY GLUE IF YOU DON’T MIND. UNFORTUNATELY I NEVER FORGET A BASTARD OR A BITCH FROM THE PAST AND AS I HAVE MET SEW MANY OF THEM DURING MEI TENURE UNTIL I EMERGED MEISELF INTO ASIANCE, I CIRCULATE THE STORIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL INTEREST AND HIGH RATINGS!! THE MOTION PICTURE IS DUE OUT SHORTLY SEW HANG ON TO YOUR HAT FOR THAT ONE!! HHMMM, NOW WHO ELSE CAN I ANNIHILATE AND THROW MUD AT?? DON’T WORRY, YOU’RE TURN WILL SOON EXPIRE AS I HAVE SEW MANY OTHERS TO CHOOSE FROM!! 🙂

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