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The number of computers sold worldwide is down by five per cent on last year.

The results were part of a report conducted by industry research experts Gartner, comparing sales figures between April and June 2008 and 2009.

Sales reached 68.1m units this year compared to 71.7m units sold at the same time in 2008.

Hewlett-Packard sold the largest amount of units, totalling 19.6 per cent of worldwide sales.  Dell followed in second place with a 13.6 per cent market share.

Gartner said that the results were  ”better than expected” after predicting a dip of up to 9.8 per cent.

Sales of mini-notebooks are also up by 20 per cent on last year while desk-based PCs continue to show a ”double-digit decline”.

This article was published on Geeks.co.uk.