21 lakh PCs shipped in Q2 2008

During the April-June quarter of calendar year 2008 (Q2 2008) the overall
India client PC market grew 8.1 percent* YoY (Q2 2008 over Q2 2007) in terms of
unit shipments to record sales (shipments) of 2.085 million. In the same period
(Q2 2008 over Q2 2007) desktop PC shipments displayed a drop of 2.4 percent*,
while notebook PC shipments showed a growth of

51.2 percent*.

In the overall client PC (notebooks and desktops combined) market, HP
retained the top spot with a marketshare* of 18.7 percent, followed by HCL at
second spot and Dell moving up to the third spot during Q2 2008.

In terms of desktop PC shipments HP retained its top position with a
marketshare* of 13.9 percent, followed by HCL and Dell in second and third
spots, respectively during Q2 2008. In terms of notebook PC shipments, HP
retained the top spot with a marketshare* of 31.2 percent in Q2 2008; Dell moved
to second spot while Acer retained the third spot.

“With the Indian economy expected to grow only at 7.5 to 8 percent in the
April 2008-March 2009 fiscal, the Q2 2008 (April-June 2008) performance was
affected by cautious PC buying,” said Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC
India.

“The subdued sentiment derives its signals from high petroleum prices, rising
inflation, political uncertainty in the last quarter and news of the impending
US economic slowdown,” Singh added.

According to Sumanta Mukherjee, Analyst-Computing Products Research, IDC
India, “Major global and Indian PC vendors promoted 'low-cost notebook PC'
offerings during the quarter. The growth of these upgradeable notebook PCs will
be driven to a large extent by the penetration of broadband connectivity and
availability of appropriate content.”