IT Home reported on January 11 that according to the latest report released by market research agency IDC, global traditional PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2023 were close to 67.1 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 27%。
IDC said that while shipments have been down year-over-year for eight consecutive quarters, and shipments in the holiday quarter also hit the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2006, indicating that the market is recovering slowly amid weak demand and reliance on large amounts**, overall, the market contraction appears to have bottomed out and growth is expected in 2024.
IDC says shipments are down 16PC shipments for the full year of 2023 are down again by 5% on a 13% basis9%。This recession is unprecedented in the PC industry and reflects the "after-effects" of the COVID-19 pandemic of purchasing PCs in large quantities.
IT Home attaches the top five companies in terms of global PC shipment market share and year-over-year growth rate for Q4 2023** as follows, (preliminary statistics, shipments in million units).
The top five companies in the world by volume, market share, and year-over-year growth rate of traditional PCs in calendar year 2023 (preliminary statistics, shipped in millions of units).