Taiwan-based Acer, a leading manufacturer of computers, has moved up the ranks to become the No. 3 player worldwide in the consumer PC market in December 2014, the combined NPD and GfK data showed a report said.

In the North American consumer notebook market, Acer overtook Dell to take the No 5 position, according to the report.

In Pan Asia, Acer unseated Dell to take the No 4 spot for consumer PCs.

In addition, in the Europe Middle east and Asia (EMEA), Acer was in a tight race to the finish line with HP for the No. 1 position in consumer notebooks during Q4 2014, the report said, adding the two companies were often within a fraction of percentage points in market share from each other. – TradeArabia News Service