Windows 10 ‘Refresh Cycle’ Drove 1.1% Jump in Q3 PC Shipments, Says Gartner
Global PC shipments grew 1.1 percent to 68 million units in Q3, reported Gartner Thursday. “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…
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local market conditions and the stage of the refresh cycle,” it said. Neither the industry CPU shortage nor the U.S.-China trade war “had a significant impact on PC shipments” in Q3, said Gartner. The shortage has “continued to ease,” and U.S. tariffs on China-built laptops “had a minimal impact,” because the List 4B duties on those goods was “pushed out” to Dec. 15, it said.