PC sector reports worst decline in two decadesRATTLED GIANTS: Apple Inc was the only PC vendor among the top five to post an annual increase in unit shipments last quarter, while HP reported a 27.9% dropBloombergThe global PC market saw its steepest decline on record as economic uncertainty and a glut of unsold inventory dented shipments for the fourth quarter in a row. Lenovo Group Ltd (聯想) remained the top global PC maker in the third quarter, although its shipments fell 15.3 percent year-on-year to 17.11 million units, Gartner said. Among the top five vendors, ranking second place, HP Inc saw the largest decline in the third quarter with a 27.9 percent drop to 12.71 million units, Gartner added. Acer Inc (宏碁) dropped out of the top five PC vendors last quarter in the latest statistics tracked by Gartner, Canalys and IDC. IDC — which categorizes PCs as desktops, notebooks and workstations — said global shipments totaled 74.25 million units last quarter, down 15 percent year-on-year due to cooling demand.
