‘Unfulfilled’ 2020 PC Demand ‘Carried Forward’ Into Q1, Reports IDC
Unit shipments of “traditional” PCs, including desktops, notebooks and workstations, reached 84 million in Q1, down 8% sequentially from Q4 but up 55.2% year over year, reported IDC Friday. Though PCs remain in extremely high demand, the growth rate benefited…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
from the shortages faced in the first quarter of 2020, when the global pandemic began, resulting in an unusually favorable year-over-year comparison, it said. Though sequential declines are typical for the first quarter, a drop as small as 8% hasn't been seen in nine years, said IDC. "Unfulfilled demand from the past year has carried forward into the first quarter and additional demand brought on by the pandemic has also continued to drive volume," said analyst Jitesh Ubrani. “The market continues to struggle with setbacks, including component shortages and logistics issues, each of which has contributed to an increase in average selling prices." IDC ranked Lenovo tops in global PC market share with 24.3%; HP was a close second (22.9%) and Dell a distant third (15.4%).