‘Traditional’ PC Shipments Rose 4.7% in Q2, ‘Notably Higher Than Expected,’ Says IDC
Global Q2 shipments in the “traditional” PC market, including desktops, notebooks and workstations, increased 4.7 percent to 64.9 million units, reported IDC Thursday. The growth rate was “notably higher than expected as the easing of supply shortages combined with looming…
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trade tensions to propel the market forward,” it said. “Supply for Intel's processors improved markedly during the quarter, allowing most PC vendors to fulfill old orders while also shipping a healthy supply of new PCs into the channels.” The threat of List 4 Section 301 tariffs on computer imports from China also “led some PC makers to ship a surplus of desktops and notebooks, thereby artificially propping up the PC market during the second quarter,” said IDC. Lenovo leapfrogged HP to take the market leadership position with 25.1 percent share to HP’s 23.7 percent, it said.