PC shipments to the UK dropped at an annual rate of 19.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011, totalling 2.9m units and marking the UK’s fifth consecutive quarterly shipment decline according to Gartner data.
Hit by the economy and growth in smartphones, tablets and e-readers, the Christmas period saw PC shipments slide further from a 15.9 per cent drop during the rest of the year.
HP retained its top spot with 618,000 shipments in the fourth quarter, but Apple was the only vendor to gain market share, growing to 9.1 per cent.
