PC Industry Records Flat Growth in Q1 2018; HP Dominates: IDC
Apr. 12, 2018Despite every indicator suggesting that PC sales shipments would fall, the industry has in fact registered flat growth in the latest quarter.
The report further reveals thatHPdominated the North American market in the first quarter, capturing 22.6 percent of the sales, based on their shipment numbers. Lenovo took the second spot with a market share of 20.4 percent, with Dell following at 16.9 percent, Acer at 6.8 percent, and Apple at 6.6 percent. While HP recorded a growth of 4.3 percent, Lenovo and Dell grew 6.4 percent each with Acer andAppledropping 7.7 and 4.8 percent, respectively.
The statistics taken into account shipments for computers such as desktops, laptops, and workstations, which reached a figure of 60.4 million units combined in the time period. The PC market was driven by the demand for premium notebooks in the mainstream and commercial markets, with gaming systems also playing a major role. The report adds that an improved supply of“key components”drove their prices down which helped smaller vendors in recovering their share.
Jay Chou, research manager with IDC’s Personal Computing Device Tracker, was quoted saying:
