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Worldwide Personal computer income experienced an unexpected year-over-year decline for your 1st quarter, in accordance with market study firm Gartner's preliminary revenue figures for early 2011. Gartner attributes the 1.1 percent dip in unit shipments—the very first decline in six consecutive quarters since the global recession began—to tablet (read iPad) frenzy, as tablets are replacing low cost PCs for many consumers.

"Weak demand for consumer PCs was the biggest inhibitor of growth," principle analyst Mikako Kitagawa said in a statement. Low prices haven't been enough to continue to attract consumer Personal computer spending, Kitagawa noted, as tablets and other mobile electronics have increasingly captured consumer attention. "With the launch of the iPad 2 in February, more consumers either switched to buying an alternative device, or simply held back from buying PCs. We're investigating whether this trend is likely to have a long-term effect on the Laptop market," she said.
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Looking at worldwide marketplace share, things haven't changed much in several quarters. HP continues to dominate around the world Computer sales, taking 17.6 percent of the market despite a small 3.5 % unit shipment decline. Dell continues to erode share, holding third place with 11.9 percent share. However,Windows 7 Starter Sale, number two Acer dropped 12.9 percent in unit volume around the world, inching toward the number three spot. Lenovo and Toshiba, rounding out the top five vendors, both increased unit shipments and market place share year-over-year. In particular, Lenovo's impressive growth could push it past Dell to the number three spot if it continues to sustain.

HP continues to lead Computer domestic product sales with 26.2 % share,Office 2010 Key, with unit income down 3.5 % year-over-year for the very first quarter. However, while former market leader Dell continues to experience a noticeable decline in unit sales—down 12.one percent year-over-year—the company is doing well at home with 22.3 % marketplace share. It is also still topping rival Acer, which suffered huge 24.9 % decline in the US. Toshiba and Apple both managed healthy unit shipment growth year-over-year, with Apple boosting shipments 18.9 %; the two companies maintained their fourth and fifth place rankings respectively.

While some in tech circles scoffed at Steve Jobs' proclamation that the iPad was the harbinger of a "post PC" era,GoGamer.com, Gartner's data suggest he may be on to something. Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have largely taken over new device announcements from both consumer electronics makers and traditional Pc vendors. And above a quarter of tablet users in a recent survey said they use a tablet as their primary computing device.