Notebook decline eases as tablet shipments level out, says Canalys

Notebook decline eases as tablet shipments level out, says Canalys: PC shipments worldwide reached 123.9 million units in the second quarter of 2014, representing an on-year growth of 14%. But with effectively no sequential growth, it would appear that the positive effect that tablets have had on overall PC shipments is beginning to wear off. Apple continued to lead the market with a 14% market share, though a 10% increase in Mac shipments could not make up for a decline in iPad sales, resulting in the company's overall shipments declining by 5%. Lenovo had another impressive quarter, with shipments up almost 20% on year, boosting its share to just below 14% - some 780,000 units behind Apple. Rounding off the top four, both Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell posted on-year increases in shipments, at 11% and 14% respectively, leading to sequential increases in market share, according to Canalys.