Rising Prices Could Slow PC Demand Growth, Warns Gartner
Global PC shipments totaled 71.6 million units in Q2, increasing 4.6% from the same 2020 quarter, reported Gartner. Though PC demand remained above pre-pandemic levels, this was a “marked deceleration” in growth compared with the 35.7% year-over-year increase in Q1,…
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due partly to the impact of “ongoing component shortages,” it said. “The global semiconductor shortage and subsequent component supply constraints have extended lead time for some enterprise mobile PC models to as long as 120 days,” said analyst Mikako Kitagawa. “This has led to prices increasing in the bill of materials, which vendors have passed on to end users.” She predicted rising prices “could continue to slow PC demand” through the next six to 12 months.” Though Gartner doesn't count Chromebooks in its “traditional” PC market reports, Chromebook shipments remained strong in Q2, said the company. IDC does include Chromebooks and other laptops in its PC industry analyses, and reported also Monday that Q2 shipments increased 13.2% from a year earlier to 83.6 million units (see 2107120002).