Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) notebook shipments in May 2010 reached only 2.6-2.7 million units, lower the company's original expectation of 3.2-3.4 million units due to dropping shipments in both Europe and China markets.

HP recently lowered its notebook shipments to Europe due to the bond crisis in the region, meanwhile, demand for HP's PCs in China has also weakened because of recent complaints about faulty PCs by China consumers.

Since HP shipped over nine million notebooks in the first quarter and the company's combined shipments in April (2.8-3 million units) and May were only 5.4-5.7 million units, the company will need to ship at least 3.3 million in June to stay flat on quarter. The unsatisfactory performance could also impact HP's annual shipment goal of 45 million units for 2010, the market watchers noted.

However, some market watchers believe postponed demand from the second quarter will spur HP's shipments in the third quarter and bring up overall performance in the second half.

HP's shipments in May are also expected to affect the performance of its manufacturing partners Quanta Computer, Inventec and Compal Electronics, the market watchers added

By: DocMemory
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