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There is a metric ton of uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs, and given that this is the case, you would think that PC shipments could take a massive hit as companies attempt to navigate a tumultuous situation (which has seen Nikon hike prices and concerns arise over a potential big increase in iPhone pricing, to...
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Yes, we're as fatigued as you are about the constant chatter surrounding tariffs (almost as much as AI-this and AI-that). Be that as it may, they are having an impact on the technology industry. The situation remains fluid, but with higher tariffs looming, OEMs have evidently decided to stockpile systems, which in...
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As higher tariffs imposed by the Trump administration loom, the analysts at IDC have adjusted their outlook on PC shipments for 2025 and beyond, reducing the expected shipment figure to 273 million units for the current year. The silver lining is that's still a whole heck of a lot of PCs, and it also still represents...
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Practically every major PC hardware and software player is high on the artificial intelligence (AI) movement, with the latest processors sporting dedicated neural processing units (NPUs) and company's like Microsoft and its partners heavily promoting the Windows maker's Copilot initiative. Despite the AI push, as well...
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Market research firms International Data Corporation (IDC) and Canalys are in agreement that the global PC market continues to recover, with the former highlighting a 3% uptick in year-over-year shipments to 64.9 million units, and the latter counting 62.8 million shipments for a 3.4% growth rate compared to last year. Where they're not in
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Following a brutal eight quarters of declining shipments, the PC market is back on the upswing, growing in the neighborhood of 3% in the first quarter of 2024, according the latest audit by the bean counters at Counterpoint Research. Not surprisingly, the long overdue return to growth comes on the heels of an...
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in the words of Jon Peddie Research, a market research firm with a pulse on the tech industry (and especially GPUs), it was "another great quarter" for both PC-based GPU and CPU shipments. In more words, JPR reports that the global GPU market reached 76.2 million units last quarter while CPU shipments skyrocketed by...
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Global PC shipments are in the midst of an "unprecedented slump" after what's to become a second consecutive year of big declines, once the final numbers are tallied. The historic slide sets the stage for what analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) says will be a "pivotal year for the PC market" when the...
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After a surge in desktop and laptop shipments during the pandemic when working from home became the norm, it's been a bit of a tough landscape for the PC industry as things settled down. However, a rebound is in sight. According to the fortune tellers at Canalys, "worldwide PC shipments are on the verge of a recovery"...
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The PC market is approaching two years' worth of quarterly shipment declines in the global PC market, with IDC and Gartner—the two major market research firms with a pulse on the PC shipment landscape—reporting double-digit percentage drops (again). It's not all gloom and doom, though, as the market performed better...
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It's been said for centuries (literally) that what goes up must come down, though not always because of a gravitational pull. To wit, a fresh report from the folks at International Data Corporation (IDC), a market research firm, notes that "PC pain persists" in the first quarter of 2023 for OEMs like Lenovo, HP, and...
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Every so often, market research firms make gloomy forecasts that put even the most cynical weatherpersons to shame. This really came to a head when tablets started to make a run at the market—it was the end of the PC as we knew it! The PC survived (especially PC gaming), of course, and it will make it through 2022...
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As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to linger, forcing more people to work and educate from home, the PC market is seeing a huge uptick in shipments. More precisely, the global PC market grew 12.7 percent from last year to reach 72.2 million units in the third quarter of 2020, marking the highest growth rate in the...
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Remember when the sky was falling on PC sales, with analysts predicting tablets would take over? Yeah, that never happened. We're still collectively using traditional PCs, and with COVID-19 ushering in an era of working at home on a large scale, PC shipments are trending upwards. By how much depends on which tracking...
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Shipments of desktops, laptops, and workstation machines tallied in the tens of millions in the first quarter of 2018, though overall the market for new PCs was flat to start the year, according to the number crunching analysts at International Data Corporation. Overall, the market saw 60.4 million units shipped...
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Are PCs in decline? The latest quarter reports are rather bleak. Both Gartner, Inc. and the International Data Corporation (IDC) have announced that global PC shipments fell for the eighth consecutive quarter. Worldwide shipments totaled roughly 68 million units, a year-on-year decline of 3.9% and 5.7% less than last...
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Market research firm Gartner offered up some preliminary data on the state of the PC, noting that worldwide shipments declined 5.2 percent to 64.3 million units in the second quarter of 2016. It's the the seventh consecutive quarter of PC shipment declines, but according to Gartner, there are signs that suggest the...
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Windows 10 can’t get here soon enough. We’ve been hearing about the downturn in the PC market for years, and things haven’t gotten any better in recent quarters. With Windows 10 less than three weeks away, IDC has released its PC sales figures for Q2 showing that the industry witnessed a year-over-year decline 11.8...
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Microsoft is nearing the release of its Windows 10 operating system, which is expected to debut by the end of summer. Typically a new Windows launch would mean a spike in PC sales, and while that may still be the case, the new OS isn't likely to be a cure-all for what's become a stagnant market. Instead, worldwide PC...
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Remember when tablets were supposed to render the PC market obsolete? Yeah, that may have been a slight overreaction by analysts to an emerging category that grew quickly due to the initial excitement, but now that the dust has settled, we can see just how unfounded those fears were. After all, another 68.5 million...
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Don't tell Lenovo the PC market is in a slump. The OEM apparently hasn't gotten the memo, and as they say, ignorance is bliss. In this case, it's also quite lucrative. Lenovo this week announced record full-year sales of $34 billion, up 15 percent year-over-year, and record earnings of $635 million, up more than a...
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No other country shipped more PCs last year than China, which propelled it ahead of the United States to take pole position for the first time ever on an annual basis, according to data provided IHS iSuppli. China shipped 69 million computers, edging out the U.S. by 3 million units. Interestingly, IHS iSuppli says China's market was equally...
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