PC Market Grows for The First Time in 6 Years
Posted by AZEEM ULLAH
With smartphones and 2-in-1’s being all the rage these days, you’d expect the PC market to be dying off, however, that’s not really the case. According to research firms Gartner and IDC, in the second quarter of 2018, the market grew by 1.4% and 2.7%.
Different Numbers?
The disparity in figures may be due to the difference in methodology, with IDC taking Chromebooks into account and excluding some newer Windows devices such as tablets and hybrids and 2-in-1s, unlike Gartner. Still, that wouldn’t change the fact that the market grew for the first time since Q1 2012 when it grew by 4.2%.
Don’t get your hopes up yet, the increase doesn’t indicate a shift in trends. It was mainly the business market which grew, with the consumer segment still noticing a drop. The dropping of GPU prices following a decrease in mining interest also was a factor. IDC reckons a weak Q2 2017 may have also helped.
Biggest Manufacturers
The growth in the market came mostly for the bigger parties, including Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple, and Acer. For both IDC and Gartner, the column mentioned as “others” had a dropping percentage in double figures.
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Both research firms also mentioned different market leaders in the second quarter, with IDC placing HP at the top with 14.86 million in shipments, and Gartner pegging Lenovo as No. 1 at 13.6 million in shipments. Both place the size of the market to be around 62 million units in the last quarter, with Lenovo earning the highest growth at around 11%, following its merger with Japan’s Fujitsu.
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