Surpasses Dell and Lenovo is the second largest PC manufacturer in the world

Lenovo has produced 12.5 million computers in the period from June to September this year, surpassing Dell, who built 11.3 million units. The numbers are from the research institute IHS, the Chinese company and put in second place among the world's largest manufacturers of computers, pushing the U.S. to third place Dell. Leading the ranking follows the HP, which scored 16.3 million PCs Acer maintained its fourth position with 9.5 million.

According to the assessment released to the press by Matthew Wilkins, an analyst at IHS, Lenovo's growth is explained by the high demand for PCs across China, the main market of the brand that was born in 2004, when IBM decided to abandon the production of personal computers was created in the 1970s.

According to Matthew, while the United States and Europe suffer from the economic crisis and live a time of growing interest in tablets, conventional computers remained strong in China, where, factories, Lenovo has an extensive distribution network. So much so that the Chinese threaten the HP, which has lost a good portion of their distributors in the country, given the uncertainty about the continuity in the personal computer market.

Overall, PC sales grew 2.6%, below the forecast rate in the period that includes June, August and September this year compared to the same months of 2010. The number is considered very shy, but it is still relevant: "any growth should be celebrated as a victory of the market due to the time of economic uncertainty and competition from alternative platforms such as tablets," said Matthew.