PC Shipments

Weak demand, excess inventory and a worsening macroeconomic climate resulted in the global shipments of traditional PCs recording 56.9 million in the first quarter of 2023, a huge 29 per cent drop

By the end of 2023, Gartner expects more than 25% of business PCs will upgrade to Windows 11

The shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations in China fell by 13 per cent in Q3 2022, while tablets were down 3 per cent (year-on-year), a new report has shown

Global shipments of traditional PCs are forecast to decline 12.8 per cent in 2022 to 305.3 million units while tablet shipments will fall 6.8 per cent to 156.8 million, according to a new report

The forecast for worldwide tablet shipments has also been lowered to 158 million units, a 6.2 per cent decline compared to 2021, according to a new IDC report

The Covid-19 lockdowns in China, especially in Shanghai and Kunshan, where many laptop manufacturing lines are located, will further cause shipment correction in April

It is bigger than the total annual consumer shipments in 2019, a year before the pandemic hit. As a result, many brands also reported their biggest quarter of PC shipments

PC shipment in India hit a five-year high to about 4.1 million units in the June 2021 quarter, growing at 42.7 per cent year-on-year, according to research firm Canalys

Worldwide PC shipments reached 69.9 million units in the first quarter of this year

Work from home and remote learning amid the pandemic kept the worldwide traditional PC sales on fire in the fourth quarter of 2020

HP Inc retained the top position in the overall PC market with a share of 28.2% in September 2020 quarter

IDC expects e-tail channel to contribute in increasing the PC penetration

the shipments could decline in the fourth quarter due to seasonality and reduced consumer demand after the high-consumer spending in the third quarter, IDC added

This is the 12th consecutive quarter of declining PC shipments

After recovery signs in March quarter, shipments enter slow lane

Gartner predicted that top 3 vendors, Lenovo, HP and Dell will battle for large-enterprise segment

The overall PC (personal computers) shipment for Q3 2016 stood at 2.51 million units a year on year decline of 22.5 per cent over Q3 2015, and a quarter on quarter growth of 17.3 per cent over Q2 2016, said International Data Corporation (IDC).The overall consumer PC Market recorded 1.37 million units, a quarter on quarter growth of 31 per cent over Q2 2016. "With increased consumer confidence; backed by strong festive demand, decent monsoon and positive economic outlook, eventually drove the pockets of investment in the quarter," Manish Yadav, Associate Research Manager, Client Devices, IDC India.The analyst and research firm further said that the PC market is expected to observe sluggishness in coming quarters, some of this owing to demonitisation. "IDC anticipates seasonality to impact the consumer market and currency demonetisation adding to the worse; as early indicator illustrates an immediate impact on retail purchase and drop observed in online channel business. However, ...

HP reclaimed its top spot with overall PC market share of 28.4 per cent in the India PC Market

Global PC shipments stood at 67.85 million in the corresponding period of

Consumers accounted for 45% of total PC sales during the period