Top 5 manufacturers of personal computers in 3Q

PC shipments fell sharply in the third quarter. One research firm also says Lenovo has overtaken HP as the world's largest manufacturer of personal computers, although another disagrees.

According to estimates by Gartner and IDC, these are the top 5 PC manufacturers in third quarter of 2012.

GARTNER:

Worldwide:

Lenovo Group Ltd., 13.8 million shipped worldwide, 15.7 percent share

Hewlett-Packard Co., 13.6 million shipped, 15.5 percent

Dell Inc., 9.2 million, 10.5 percent

Acer Group, 8.6 million, 9.9 percent

AsusTek Computer Inc., 6.4 million, 7.3 percent

Others, 36.0 million, 41.1 percent.

Total: 87.5 million