New Delhi: The global PC market climbed 12.7 per cent from a year ago to reach 79.2 million units in the third quarter of this year, registering the highest growth the market has seen in the past 10 years, according to the latest report from Canalys.
After a weak Q1, the recovery in Q2 continued into Q3 this year in which Lenovo regained the top spot, showed data released by the analyst company.
Global notebook shipments touched 64 million units — almost as much as the record high of Q4 2011 when notebook shipments were 64.6 million — as demand continued to surge due to second waves of Covid-19 in many countries and companies continued to invest in longer-term transitions to remote working.
Shipments of notebooks and mobile workstations grew 28.3 per cent year-on-year. This contrasted with desktop and desktop workstations, which saw shipments shrink by 26 per cent.
“Vendors, the supply chain, and the channel have now had time to find their feet and allocate resources towards supplying notebooks, which continue to see massive demand from both businesses and consumers,” Ishan Dutt, Canalys Analyst, said in a statement.
“After prioritizing high-value markets and large customers in Q2, vendors have now been able to turn their attention to supplying a wider range of countries as well as SMBs that faced difficulty securing devices earlier this year.”
Lenovo regained top spot in the PC market in Q3 with growth of 11.4 per cent and shipments surpassed the 19 million mark, helping it capture 24.3 per cent market share.
