According to Gartner Group, PC sales rose 12.1% in the second quarter to hit 61.1 million units. The research firm had previously predicted growth of 10.6%. Laptop sales were particularly strong.

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) was first in market share at 18.2% followed by Dell (DELL) at 15%.

Lenovo was next at 8%, followed by Acer at 7.2% and Toshiba at 3.9%.

Gartner explained the improvement in units by saying “The PC market experienced a boost from better than expected sales in the United States, Asia/Pacific and Latin America.”