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 Dell Pips HP In Notebook Sales In Q4 2009 Dell India has shocked both partners and analysts, with a strong show in the India notebook numbers for Q4 2009, according to market research agency Gartner. For the first time in almost seven years, HP had to surrender their pole position as far as notebook numbers go. According to Gartner, 7,59,412 notebooks were sold during Q4 2009, with Dell clocking an impressive 1,81,852 units, followed by HP with 1,71,200, and Acer being a distant third with 1,10,500. “It has been a strong quarter for Dell, and it’s seems some of their strategies in past have paid rich dividends. We believe Dell has done exceedingly well last quarter in consumer notebook sales, and enterprises have also rallied behind Dell,” said Diptarup Chakraborti, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner Technology and Service Provider Research group. “There was a gap of close to 36,000 units a quarter between HP and Dell, during Q1 2009, and it’s a remarkable turnaround...