PC growth slower than expected in Q3: Gartner

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Worldwide personal computer shipments totaled 91.8 million units in the third quarter, up 3.2% from the year-earlier period, Gartner said Wednesday. The results were "slightly lower" than Gartner's earlier projection for a 5.1% growth for the quarter. The industry research group attributed the weakness partly to the popularity of other devices, such as tablets. Hewlett-Packard remained the No. 1 PC vendor with 17.7% total market share. However, Lenovo emerged as the No. 2 PC vendor for the first time with 13.5%, passing Dell Inc. which was at No. 3 with 11.6%.
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