PC Shipments in Asia/Pacific Rebounded by 32% in 4Q09, Reports IDC

"It's reassuring to see the market getting up on its feet so quickly, although that was of course being compared to a dismal 4Q08 period during the global financial crisis," said Bryan Ma, Director of Asia/Pacific Personal Systems Research at IDC. "An insatiable consumer thirst for Portable PCs across both mature and developing markets should continue to fuel 2010 while commercial budgets slowly recover throughout the course of the year."

In full year 2009, the region's PC market grew 14%, which was up from 9% in 2008 but still short of the 22% achieved in 2007.  Lenovo was yet again the top vendor on an annual basis.  Even though recently resurfaced concerns about economic overheating in China is a risk to the overall market, IDC expects at least 16% growth for the region in 2010 followed by 18% in 2011. 

"The Singapore PC market came in close to forecasts of 17% year-on-year this quarter," said Reuben Tan, Senior Manager of Asia/Pacific Personal Systems Research at IDC. "At this pace, the country is on track for over 10% growth in 2010 after a more tepid 6% in 2009."

Kathy Sin, Manager of Asia/Pacific Personal Systems Research at IDC, added that "Hong Kong's PC market is doing better than we had expected with over 20% year-on-year growth in 4Q09, so hopefully the woes of last year are behind us as the global economic conditions continue to improve.