The top three vendors in the worldwide PC market remained unchanged in the first quarter of 2022, with Lenovo maintaining the No. Business PCs, however, saw growth in the first quarter of 2022 as hybrid work and the return to offices created demand for desktop devices.

In addition to weakened Chromebook sales, slowed consumer demand contributed to the market’s downward trend, as discretionary spending shifted away from devices. “It was a challenging quarter for the PC and Chromebook market to achieve growth, as this time last year the PC market registered its highest growth in decades.”Įxcluding Chromebooks, the worldwide PC market grew by a modest 3.9% year over year. educational market, Chromebook growth has tempered,” said Mikako Kitagawa, research director at Gartner. “After an unprecedented Chromebook surge in 2020 and early 2021, driven by demand from the U.S. A sharp drop in Chromebook sales significantly contributed to the overall market decline. Worldwide PC shipments totaled 77.9 million units in the first quarter of 2022, a 6.8% decrease from the first quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.

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