The table below shows the worldwide market share of the notebook computer market for manufacturers in the years 2006 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table gives information on the

market

share

of

notebook

computer manufacturers for two consecutive years, 2006 and 2007. In both years, HP was clearly the

market

leader, selling 31.4% of all

notebook

computers in 2006, and slightly more (34%) in 2007.

This

is a greater

market

share

than its two closest competitors, Dell and Acer, added together. Dell increased its

market

share

from 16.6% in 2006 to 20.2% in 2007.

In contrast

, Acer saw its

share

of the

market

decline slightly from 11.6% to 10.7%. The other companies listed each had a much smaller

share

of the

market

. Toshiba’s

share

increased from 6.2% in 2006 to 7.3% in 2007,

whereas

Lenovo’s decreased slightly from 6.6% to 6.2%. Fujitsu-Siemens’

share

more than halved from 2006 to 2007: from 4.8% of the

market

to only 2.3%. Other

notebook

computer manufacturers accounted for 22.8% of the

market

in 2006 – more than all the companies mentioned except HP.

However

, in 2007 the other companies only made 19.3% of

notebook

computer sales – less than both HP and Dell