Combined desktop and mobile PC shipments in India totaled nearly 3.2 million units in the third quarter of 2013, a 7.9% increase over the third quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.

The market was driven by some large government orders in an otherwise somber economic atmosphere.

"Consumers accounted for 40% of total PC sales in the third quarter of 2013 compared to 47% in the third quarter of 2012," said Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner. "This emphasizes the fact that despite the festive season and availability of various end user schemes on PCs, the market was impacted by high inflation, global economic uncertainty and limited share of wallet as consumers preferred to spend on other consumer durables."

White-box (including parallel imports), which accounted for 40% of the overall desktop market, declined 26% in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012. Mobile PCs, with a 22% on-year increase, helped drive overall market growth.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) became the number one vendor in the India PC market by doubling its market share in the country, as it accounted for 32.5% of PC shipments in the third quarter of 2013

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