Global PC Shipments Grew in Q3 2019: Gartner
Oct. 13, 2019The top three vendors were Lenovo, HP Inc. and Dell — which was already significant. The top three vendors, as well as Acer Group, also experienced year-over-year growth in shipments in Q3.
“The Windows 10 refresh cycle continued to be the primary driver for growth across all regions, although the magnitude of the impact varied according to local market conditions and the stage of the refresh cycle.
The Intel CPU shortage opened opportunities for alternative CPU vendors, namely AMD and Qualcomm, to reposition their processors in the PC market where Intel is dominant.
Teaming up with Microsoft, Qualcomm has promoted the ‘always connected PC’, which is equipped with LTE capabilities.
Though this segment has not taken off, most major PC vendors have released mobile PCs with cellular antennas built in.
Microsoft is expected to release an LTE-capable mobile PC soon.
