Notebooks have finally overtaken desktops. According to the trusted researchers at iSuppli, laptop computer sales outpaced desktops for the first time last quarter.
Worldwide notebook sales of 38.6 million edged out desktop PCs by a hair at 38.5 million. In fact, it was a surprisingly strong quarter that was otherwise marred by a global economic downturn.
As for Apple, their laptop sales have increased 22% year over year—about 1.5x the rate of PCs. In the mean time, overall, sales jumped over 40 percent in Q3 of 2008 compared to the same period last year with totals hitting 38.6 million units.
Leading the netbook’s march was Taiwan’s Acer, the world’s third-largest PC manufacturer behind Dell and HP. Acer’s unit shipment market share grew by 45 percent just from the previous quarter.
Speaking of the top manufacturers, the big five haven’t changed from previous reports. HP held onto first place in during the third quarter with a market share of 18.8 percent, shipping 14.9 million units.
Dell’s in second with 13.9 percent and just under 11 million units shipped, followed by the aforementioned Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba rounding out fifth place.
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