Many employees have technically upgraded in the corona crisis.
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Berlin According to Gartner market researchers, the demand boom for computers triggered by the corona crisis has come to an end. “This quarter we see a decline due to the weakening US PC market. This was influenced by ongoing supply chain problems and the slump in demand for Chromebooks, ”said Gartner analyst Mikako Kitawaga on Thursday. This likely marks the end of the “massive and unexpected growth in PC demand” that the pandemic sparked.
According to Gartner’s survey, PC shipments fell by five percent in the fourth quarter. For the year as a whole, there was still an increase of almost ten percent to 339.8 million PCs shipped. That is as many devices as last in 2013. In view of the high level, Kitawaga does not expect a return to pre-pandemic business for at least two to three years.
Lenovo continues to lead the world’s largest computer manufacturers. In the fourth quarter, the Asian provider had a market share of almost a quarter and thus less than the 26.5 percent achieved in the same period of the previous year, which was mainly due to the weaker demand for Chromebooks. HP and Dell from the USA followed Lenovo.
For the first time in the company’s history, Dell delivered more than 17 million devices and increased its market share to 19.5 percent. Apple also increased its share thanks to the high level of interest in its Mac computers – to 7.7 percent from 6.9 percent previously.
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