China's Lenovo Maintains Its Lead in Notebook PC Sales Globally

Chinese technology giant Lenovo maintained its leading position in notebook PC sales globally with unit shipments reaching 14.4 million in Q4 2021 (calendar year), representing a -12% growth decline year-on-year, and a market share of 23%, according to data from Strategy Analytics.

HP, which came second, took the biggest hit during the first quarter as notebook PC shipments were down -20% year-over-year in Q1 2022 to 12.5 million units, while its market share also dropped below 20%, for the first time since Q1 2016.

Dell was the only top vendor to have registered over 5% growth year-over-year, as 10.5 million units shipped during the first quarter, gaining nearly two percentage points of market share over the last year's quarter to reach 16.5%.

Apple's MacOS carried the momentum from the last two quarters as shipments reached 6.1 million MacBooks during the first quarter, a 4% growth from Q1 2021.

Taiwanese electronics brand, Acer maintained the 5th spot globally in Q1 2022 with 4.7 million notebook PCs shipped, with a -5% decline year-over-year, according to the report.