New Delhi: Lenovo’s worldwide PC shipments fell almost 12 per cent within the fourth quarter (This fall) of 2021, the primary interval of year-over-year decline for the reason that first quarter of 2020. Nonetheless, with a 24.6 per cent market share, Lenovo remained the highest vendor within the world PC market, in accordance with a Gartner report. The decline was because of the slowed US market, weak Chromebook demand and provide chain points, which impeded Lenovo’s capacity to provide PCs to enterprise prospects.
These elements additionally contributed to HP’s 4 per cent year-over-year decline. Nonetheless, HP’s decline was tempered by strong progress within the Asia-Pacific market. HP with 21.1 per cent share was second, adopted by Dell with 19.5 per cent world market share in This fall. Worldwide PC shipments totalled 88.4 million items within the fourth quarter of 2021, a 5 per cent lower from the fourth quarter of 2020.
That is the primary year-over-year decline following six consecutive quarters of progress. For the yr, PC shipments reached 339.8 million items in 2021, a 9.9 per cent enhance from 2020, mentioned the report.
“A pointy decline within the US PC market, brought on by ongoing provide chain points and the collapse in demand for Chromebooks, drove this quarter’s slowdown,” mentioned Mikako Kitagawa, analysis director at Gartner. “This possible signifies the tip of the huge and sudden progress in PC demand triggered by the pandemic.
The highest three distributors within the worldwide PC market remained unchanged within the fourth quarter of 2021. Dell gained market share this era after notching a fifth consecutive quarter of progress. Cargo quantity exceeded 17 million items for the primary time within the firm’s historical past, led by robust efficiency in Latin America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. “The pandemic considerably modified enterprise and client PC person behaviour, as individuals needed to undertake to new methods of working and dwelling,” mentioned Kitagawa.
