Analysts note PC shipments back to growth
 

Recoving from Coronvirus

Two leading analysts are saying that PC shipments saw growth in 2019, only to have the coronavirus pandemic cut the celebration short in Q1 2020.

Gartner and IDC both say that in the second quarter the PC market grew between 2.8 per cent and 11.2 per cent in second quarter 2020, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. Gartner called the rebound “a short-term recovery,” while IDC classified it as “strong demand driven by work-from-home as well as e-learning needs.”

The PC market saw six years of quarterly PC shipment declines, followed by mixed quarters in 2018 and 2019.

The pare said that the last quarters of 1019 were positive with the Windows 10 refresh cycle drove 2019 gains in the business market.

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