Ice-cold PC market sees worst sales ever in fourth quarter
Analyst firms Gartner and IDC reported that PC sales plunged, thanks to inflation and demand that had already been satisfied in the years before.
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PC sales fall off a cliff, drop almost 20%
The sale of personal computers, which surged as companies turned to hybrid and remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, fell sharply in the third quarter.
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Decline in PC and tablet shipments will continue through 2023
Global shipments of PCs and tablets are in steep decline, but will pick up again in 2024, according to a new study released by IDC.
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Desktop CPU shipments plunge to lowest total in nearly 30 years
Mercury Research's latest CPU market report is nothing but bad news for Intel, as x86 CPU shipments plummet and AMD ascends.
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Geopolitical and supply chaos dampen PC shipments
Global traditional PC shipments have fallen by up to 15 per cent during the second quarter of 2022 with geopolitical issues and supply chaos touted as the causes.
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Gartner predicts PC shipments to fall by 9.5% this year
Due to a perfect storm of geopolitics and high inflation, global shipments of PCs, tablets and phones are all in decline, according to Gartner’s latest forecasts.
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AMD shrugs off COVID chip shortage fears by focusing on premium PCs
AMD reported record revenues for the first quarter of 2022, largely shrugging off concerns of chip shortages that have worried companies like Intel and Microsoft.
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More than half of PCs can't upgrade to Windows 11
New data from Lansweeper, an asset manager software provider, shows the uptake of Windows 11 at just 1.44 per cent of all systems.
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Dell reveals Concept Luna, a radically compelling vision for sustainable laptops
Can PC owners move from using to recycling to use and reuse? Dell's sustainable Concept Luna laptop is built around that vision.
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Chip shortages may wipe out holiday PC sales, Intel warns
Intel claims that ongoing chip shortages mean that PC vendors expect to prioritise more expensive models during the holiday shopping season.
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Digital transformations are arriving five years early as workers head home
Digital transformation efforts are being brought forward by at least five years as a result of the greater impact the pandemic-prompted remote work shift has wrought.
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‘Humble’ PC gains resurgence from COVID-19
The personal computer has encountered a surprising revival off the back of the coronavirus pandemic, with sales surging by 14 per cent in 2020.
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PC shipment gains continue as students, workers remain remote
Last year’s supply-chain disruptions and increased demand brought on by the pandemic both contributed to the sustained growth.
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Worldwide PC shipments surge, but constraints remain
First quarter global PC shipment figures are in, and it appears unanimous that the first three months of 2021 saw a substantial surge in shipped units.
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Unfulfilled PC demand sees shipments surge
The global traditional PC market shot up 55.2 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2021, with unfulfilled demand from last year driving the surge.
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