The top-five global notebook brand vendors suffered a drop of over 10% in December after enjoying on-month shipment growths in November.

Among first-tier brand vendors, Toshiba and Dell had better performances than the rest in December with Toshiba even enjoying a slight shipment growth higher than that of November. Dell's shipment growth was mainly contributed by the replacement trend created by Microsoft ending support for Windows XP and the recovery of enterprise notebook demand in the US and Europe.

Meanwhile, education notebook orders from India and year-end holiday sales helped Hewlett-Packard (HP) achieve an on-month decline of only 15% for December, allowing the company to maintain its notebook shipments at above eight million units in the fourth quarter.

Acer's new management may not immediately resolve the company's issues but it still shows the company's ambition. Dell, which privatized itself in October 2013, hosted Dell World 2013 in December, displaying its latest product lineups and strategies, and is expected to become more aggressive over the enterprise market in the future.

By: DocMemory
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