Bangalore, Feb 19 (PTI) The overall India PC market shipment sales touched 19.7 lakh units in the October-December 2009 quarter, recording a 25.7 per cent year-on-year growth pointing to a strengthening recovery, according to market researcher IDC.
Desktop PC sales accounted for nearly two-third of total sales at 12.7 lakh units, representing a 14.6 per cent increase on year-on-year basis, it said in a statement.
However, on quarter-on-quarter basis (over July-September 2009) there was a decline of 12.8 per cent in sales (shipments) due to "seasonality factor".
The Notebook PC sales grew at 52.8 per cent year-on-year clocking 6.9 lakh units in Oct-Dec 2009.
The desktop PCs recorded sales of 12.91 lakh units, representing a year-on-year growth of 14.6 per cent.
Total India personal computer shipments have grown for the last four consecutive quarters of 2009 after dropping sharply from a peak of 22.
Source : PTI