The rise in PC sales for the first time in 6 years

The PC market in the second quarter of the year rose for the first time in six years since the first quarter of 2012, according to data from market research companies Gartner and IDC, where IDC posted growth of 2.7% with shipments reaching 62.3 million units, while Gartner showed a 1.4 percent growth to reach 62.1 million units in the second quarter from 2018.

The top five vendors were Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple and Acer, where Lenovo In particular the significant gains (the highest growth rate since the first quarter of 2015), Gartner found that all companies In the top five, there was an increase in PC shipments, while the rest of the market fell by 12.9%.

The results showed that Lenovo and HP were still suffering, while Dell came in third. In recent quarters, as Lenovo slowed down, Dell was moving as fast as it could to beat Lenovo and HP, and their growth depended on meeting the needs of the best companies.

Mikakoto Kitagawa Mikako Kitagawa, Gartner's Key Statement: "Growth in Demand for Personal Computers in the Second Quarter In 2018, labor market demand offset lower shipments in the manufacturing sector. Consumption and market structure continues to influence consumer growth due to changes in PC user behavior. "Jay Chou, research director at IDC, said:" Although traditional computers can not be the default, traditional computers are not necessarily the default computers. "

For many usage scenarios, only the market does" There are some flexibility points in this because the user experience of the computer evolves and improves, and even some types of desktop computers develop in the middle of this cycle of upgrade. business day. "

Chromebooks excluded Windows Tablet PCs, including devices with removable keyboards such as Surface Pro, while Gartner data included tablets and Windows computers and excluded Chromebooks , Chromebooks, or any other non-Windows Tablet PC.

Chrome Chrome devices appear Boosted the growth of some computers last year, and Windows 10 PCs helped boost some growth, and it is clear that the five largest companies will continue to dominate the market, where it seems that sales of personal computers have begun to stabilize after years of regression.