After Windows 10, what is the next step for PC makers?

For the first time in six years, there is finally a noticeable increase in PC shipments globally – thanks in part to the update of Windows 10.

According to the research firm [19659003] Gartner in the second quarter of 2018, and units shipped totaled 62.1 million. This is an increase of 1.4% over the same period last year. Gartner based its study on data from the "first quarter of global growth in PC shipments since the first quarter of 2012".

The report showed that almost all regions had a similar sales growth rate as in the second quarter of 2017. But is that enough reason for the PC industry to be famous? Maybe not.

Mikako Kitagawa of Gartner said that the increase in the number of PC units shipped was spurred by business market demands, "which was offset by lower shipments in the segment of consumers. " fundamental market structure, due to changes in the behavior of PC users, still remains, and continues to affect the market growth. Consumers use their smartphones for even more everyday tasks, such as social media checking, calendaring, banking and shopping, reducing the need for a consumer PC.

And here is another important factor: the fact that many companies have now chosen to switch to Windows 10, which means that the increase in sales could eventually disappear in two years, once the system of Operation (SE) has been deleted.

The report also showed the top five brands that benefited from the increase in the second quarter: Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple and Acer. But this is not the whole picture. Although they have a positive outlook, the rest of the market is still down 12.9 percent from last year, by VentureBeat .

Acer is one of five brands that had a good result in the second quarter of 2018. (Source)

2.7% growth

But Gartner does not say that the PC market may well be on the road to recovery. Even the International Data Corporation (IDC) market analysis group is on the same wave length, with a 2.7% higher yield in the second quarter of this year.

According to the report, preliminary results for this period indicate that traditional PC shipments total 62.3 million units. This is reflected in growth of 2.7%. The data was taken from IDC Worldwide Tracker Device Personal Tracker .

What is really impressive is that the results exceed the company's growth forecast of 0.3%, and the recent improvement indicates "the highest annual growth rate. raised for more than six years "

. the weak performance of the second quarter of 2017 may have contributed to growth.

One thing is sure though: it's the business sector that has allowed the PC industry to continue to float, companies primarily buying desktop and laptop computers from the three largest companies .

Private households, on the other hand, prefer to buy smartphones for most of their digital tasks, Insider reported. Even schools now rely more on Chromebooks, Google laptops, than on personal computers when it comes to school work for their students.

And IDC said that the action on the PC market can be attributed not only to businesses, but also to individuals looking for devices running Chrome OS, premium notebooks and gaming PCs, the latter enjoying several excellent graphics cards on the market.