With the poor global economy, it’s no surprise that computer sales are slipping around the globe. The only segment of the computer industry that is actually growing robustly is the netbook category as consumers look to lower cost devices.

Gartner Research announced its global PC shipment numbers for Q1 2009 today and HP sits at the top of the list. HP shipped 19.8% of the all PCs shipped globally. Total global PC shipments for the quarter were 67.2 million units.

Dell held the second place spot on the list with 13.1% of PCs shipped globally, but Acer is right on Dell’s heels in a virtual tie with 13% of the PCs shipped. Lenovo was fourth with 6.6% and Toshiba was fifth with 5.5%. All remaining PC makers accounted for 42% of the market.

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