Sales of personal computers in Croatia increased by as much as 24 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, with a total of 87,302 personal computers delivered in the third quarter, as reported by IDC Adriatics based on the results of the company’s quarterly research.
Computer sales increased in all segments, but the laptop segment, with a strong growth of 40 percent, led the way with a total of 47,705 units delivered in the third quarter. The number of desktop computers sold increased by 9 percent, totaling 37,593 units, while the x86 server market grew by 8 percent, with a total delivery of 2,004 units, IDC Adriatics stated. Thus, laptops had the largest share of total deliveries in the third quarter at 55 percent, the share of desktop computers was 43 percent, and x86 servers accounted for 2 percent.
According to IDC data, the leading supplier of computers in the Croatian market in the third quarter of this year was HP, followed by Acer in second place, while the domestic company HG Spot ranked third. Aggregate data from separate quarterly research on the personal computer market for three countries in the region – Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia – show that a total of 263,898 personal computers were sold in these countries in the third quarter of this year, which is 38 percent more than in the same quarter of 2007.
