This IDC study reviews the performance of the worldwide PC market during the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09). It looks at the market performance of desktop and portable PCs and provides some commentary on x86 servers in major geographies, including the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ), and the rest of the world (ROW).

"Largely due to the unexpected resilience of consumer shipments during the global recession, the PC market continues to outperform predictions. Also driving the performance are the declining costs of entry-level systems, spurred by the explosion of the mininotebook market," says Andrew Hanson, analyst, United States Quarterly PC Tracker.