Wednesday, January 12, 2022

PC Sales Are Back To 2012 Levels, Up 34% From Their 2017 Nadir -- January 12, 2022

Link here.
  • The PC market grew 14.8% in 2021, shipping the largest number of desktops, laptops, and workstations in a single year since 2012.
  • It’s a noteworthy recovery for a sector that had been written off by tech investors as a sleepy field in decline as recently as a few years ago.
  • The six largest PC companies by number of units shipped in 2021 were Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple, Asus, and Acer, according to IDC.

From the article:

It’s a noteworthy recovery for a sector that had been written off by tech investors and operators as a sleepy field in decline as recently as a few years ago as smartphones became the most important and highest-volume product in the electronics business.

The recovery has been driven by lockdowns and the rise in remote work and learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, as households purchased new laptops and PCs for schoolchildren in virtual classes and businesses bought equipment for employees working from home.

The recovery also happened in a year that was marked by temporary shortages in PCs, especially during the fall, driven by supply constraints from a global chip shortage.

So many story lines.

Just wait until Apple introduces the colorful desktop iMacs this spring.

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