PC market up by 17% in second quarter in United States: Report
The
PC market in the US grew 17 per cent year on year (YoY) in the second quarter
of 2021, with total shipments of desktops, notebooks, tablets and workstations
reaching 36.8 million units, says a new report.
According
to market research firm Canalys, notebooks were the best performers, with
shipments up 27 per cent YoY, while desktops showed signs of recovery,
increasing 23 per cent.
Tablets
were almost stagnant, with shipments down 1 per cent, as educators move away
from them and the surge of consumer shipments due to the pandemic fades.
"It
is clear now that pandemic-related use cases will extend well into the
future," Brian Lynch, Research Analyst at Canalys, said in a statement.
"This
points toward a significant refresh opportunity in the future -- fantastic news
for PC vendors and their channel and ecosystem partners," Lynch added.
For
the second quarter in a row, HP led the US PC market, with over 8 million
devices shipped. HP continued to dominate the Chromebook market too, with a 42
per cent market share in the US.
Apple
remained second in the market despite a 3 per cent decline. It was the only
major PC vendor to post negative growth.
It
had more success with notebooks, with 24 per cent year-on-year shipment growth,
partly due to the success of the M1 chip. Dell saw comparatively modest growth,
at 11 per cent.
Meanwhile,
Lenovo and Samsung continued to outperform other vendors, posting 25 per cent
and 51 percent growth respectively in PC sales-out.
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