IDC is out with a recent report at present on international PC shipments for Q1 2024. Whereas Apple nonetheless doesn’t lead for quantity, it did are available in primary for YoY progress. Right here’s how Mac shipments, market share, and progress stacked up towards Dell, HP, Lenovo, and extra.
IDC highlights that international PC shipments noticed a stoop for the final two years with Q1 2024 marking a return to progress.
The typical improve when all producers wasn’t that spectacular at 1.5% YoY progress. Nevertheless, Apple noticed virtually 10x that with Macs seeing a 14.6% improve in shipments for Q1 2024 over 2023.
Acer got here in second for progress with 9.2% with Lenovo in third with 7.8%.
Lenovo took first place for PC cargo market share with 23%, HP in second with 20.1%, and Dell in third with 15.5% market share.
Even with its robust 14.6% YoY progress, Apple’s Macs noticed an 8.1% market share for Q1 2024 – that’s up 1% from Q1 2023. For Q1, Apple shipped 4.8 million Macs.
As for contributing components, IDC notes rising shipments within the Americas, Europe, Center East, and Africa, whereas China has seen weaker demand.
With inflation numbers trending down, PC shipments have begun to get better in most areas, resulting in progress within the Americas in addition to Europe, the Center East, and Africa (EMEA). Nevertheless, the deflationary pressures in China instantly impacted the worldwide PC market. As the biggest client of desktop PCs, weak demand in China led to one more quarter of declines for international desktop shipments, which already confronted stress from notebooks as the popular kind issue.
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