[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading]According to Techspot, PC makers have a reason to cheer this week as the latest quarterly report from Canalys shows strong growth for the second successive quarter. The industry analyst said total PC shipments (including tablets) reached 124.5 million units in the third quarter. That’s up 23 percent compared to the same period a year ago.[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Lenovo led the way with 23.5 million units shipped, followed closely by Apple at 22.1 million. HP, Dell, and Samsung rounded out the top five with shipments of 18.7 million units, 12 million units, and 10 million units, respectively.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image media=”74412″ media_width_percent=”100″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Pure growth aside, it was also a great quarter for tablets. Apple maintained pole position, shipping 15.2 million units during the three-month period, an increase of 47 percent year over year. Samsung placed second with a little over nine million tablet shipments, up 79.8 percent year over year.

In total, manufacturers shipped 44.3 million tablets during the quarter, good for a 43.3 percent year-over-year increase.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]