Meanwhile, International Data Corp (IDC) said shipments fell 10.8 percent to 71 million units.
IDC's Senior Research Analyst Worldwide PC Trackers Jay Chou says that as more vendors find it increasingly difficult to compete, the research firm expects additional consolidation in the PC market.
Various PC manufacturers have been working with Google to design lightweight laptops running on the Chrome operating system since 2011. The newest versions are made by Hisense and Haier.