Sales of PCs grew in the second one quarter of 2019, in line with Gartner and IDC, with the Home windows 10 refresh riding call for. Each analysis corporations confirmed Lenovo topping gross sales for the quarter, grapping the No. 1 spot from HP.
Sales in Q2 totaled 64.9 million units, up 4.7 percent year-over-year. Along with Windows 10, IDC attributed the growth to the easing of Intel CPU supply shortages along with looming trade tensions that propeled the market forward.
Gartner, in the meantime, tallied 63 million gadgets offered in the second one quarter, up 1.five % year-over-year, highlighting sturdy desktop PC expansion. Gartner mentioned there are indicators the Intel CPU scarcity is easing however mentioned provide problems within the first part of the yr enabled the highest 3 distributors to realize extra marketplace percentage in Q2.
Gartner and IDC outline the PC marketplace rather otherwise: Gartner’s knowledge comprises desk-based PCs, pocket book PCs and ultramobile premiums (equivalent to Microsoft Floor), however no longer Chromebooks or iPads. IDC counts desktops, notebooks (together with Chromebooks) and workstations, however no longer drugs or x86 Servers.
Each corporations display Lenovo grabbing 25 % of the marketplace in Q2, due to double-digit year-over-year expansion. In keeping with Gartner, the logo shipped 15,774 gadgets, whilst IDC tallied 16,254 shipments.
According to IDC, the traditional PC market in the US recorded high single-digit growth, backed by volume increases in both desktops and notebooks. Gartner, however, marked a 0.4 percent decline in US shipments.
Both IDC and Gartner reported a return to growth in the EMEA PC market. Shipments in Latin America declined.
Gartner reported a slight decline in PC shipments in the Asia/Pacific market, largely due to a weak China market. IDC said Japan’s commercial segment maintained strong momentum in Q2 while the rest of the Asia/Pacific market also grew.
