HP had a strong focus on Chromebooks, remaining the top vendor in this segment.ĭell’s streak of 17 consecutive quarters of year over year growth ended this quarter with a 4.6% decline, reflecting its focus on business over consumer PCs. HP also announced in August 2020 that the company had a strong backlog in notebooks due to continued supply chain constraints from the pandemic, which limited shipments for the quarter. market where shipments grew faster than the regional average, but experienced challenges in Asia Pacific and Japan.
HP saw below-market growth as desktop shipments declined 30% year over year, resulting in a growth of just 0.7% in the third quarter of 2020. Similar to other vendors, Lenovo experienced a decline in desktop shipments, but the decline was not as steep as those experienced by HP and Dell, as Lenovo’s desktop demand was supported by solid growth in China. 1 position in the worldwide PC market, with quarterly shipments rising to over 18 million units for the first time ever. Numbers may not add up to totals shown due to rounding. The statistics are based on shipments selling into channels. Final estimates will be subject to change. All data is estimated based on a preliminary study.
Notes: Data includes desk-based PCs, notebook PCs and ultramobile premiums (such as Microsoft Surface), but not Chromebooks or iPads. Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q20 (Thousands of Units) Consumer-oriented vendors such as Apple, Acer and Asus saw growth that outpaced the rest of the market in the third quarter of 2020 (see Table 1). The top three vendors in the traditional PC market remained unchanged from the previous quarter, although Lenovo widened its lead over HP after a quarter of record shipment volume. Including Chromebooks, the total worldwide PC market grew around 9% year over year, with Chromebooks representing about 11% of the combined PC/Chromebook market. This demand was driven by distance learning due to the pandemic, especially in the U.S. While Gartner does not include Chromebook shipments in its traditional PC market results, Chromebook shipments grew by approximately 90% in the third quarter of 2020, compared to a year ago.
However, enterprise spending remained strong where government funding for distance learning and remote work has fueled device purchases, such as in the U.S. Businesses have continued to buy PCs for remote work, but the focus has shifted from urgent device procurement towards cost optimization. “The business PC market had a more cautious dynamic this quarter. While PC supply chain disruptions tied to the COVID-19 pandemic have been largely resolved, this quarter saw shortages of key components, such as panels, as a result of this high consumer demand. “The market is no longer being measured in the number of PCs per household rather, the dynamics have shifted to account for one PC per person. “This quarter had the strongest consumer PC demand that Gartner has seen in five years,” said Mikako Kitagawa, research director at Gartner. PC market has seen in 10 years, drove the global market momentum. Consumer demand for PCs due to home entertainment and distance learning needs during the ongoing pandemic, along with the strongest growth the U.S. Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.4 million units in the third quarter of 2020, a 3.6% increase from the third quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.
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