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Asia-Pacific PC sales up 13.8% in 2004, 12.8% in 2005
Gartner estimates that the PC unit shipments in Asia-Pacific region will grow 12.8% to 37.
Gartner estimates that the PC unit shipments in Asia-Pacific region will grow 12.8% to 37.3 mln units in 2005, compared with 13.8% growth in 2004. Mobile PC sales are forecast to grow 21.3%, down from 31.3% last year; while demand for desktop PCs is expected to grow by 10.8% this year, slightly faster than last year's 10.4% pace. China, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam will show the fastest growth for desktop PCs. The top three vendors in the desktop PC category last year - Lenovo, HP and Dell - enjoyed more than 30% growth.
Asia Pacific 2004 PC shipments | |||
| Vendor | 2004 shipments, thousands | 2003 shipments, thousands | Growth, % |
| Australia | 3,290.3 | 2,869.1 | 14.7 |
| China | 14,931.6 | 12,996.4 | 14.9 |
| Hong Kong | 661.3 | 592.1 | 11.7 |
| India | 3,387.8 | 2,521.2 | 34.4 |
| Indonesia | 698.8 | 621.0 | 12.5 |
| Malaysia | 1,035.4 | 932.4 | 11.1 |
| New Zealand | 571.1 | 476.8 | 19.8 |
| Philippines | 342.6 | 316.8 | 8.1 |
| Singapore | 566.8 | 522.9 | 8.4 |
| South Korea | 3,266.7 | 3,289.8 | -0.7 |
| Taiwan | 2,410.5 | 2,327.2 | 3.6 |
| Thailand | 1,494.7 | 1,257.4 | 18.9 |
| Vietnam | 273.3 | 217.1 | 25.9 |
| Rest of Asia/Pacific | 177.3 | 157.0 | 13.0 |
| Source: Gartner | |||