Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 11:48 am For much of last year the word on the street was that PC
sales were running hot. Brands and stores reported
shortages of certain models as the pandemic bit and New
Zealanders were sent home to work or study online.
The biggest demand was for notebooks. Sales were
up 21.7 percent on the year earlier. Desktop PC sales were
down 15.1 percent year-on-year. Commercial PC shipments were
up 18.3 percent, consumer PC sales climbed 5.2
percent.
These figures are broadly in-line with worldwide
trends. Global PC shipments were up 13 percent.
HP top, Acer second
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IDC: PC sales up 55.2% in Q1 2021 but will the good times continue?
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It has been nearly a decade since PC vendors have had it so good. The IDC reports that surging demand for PCs in 2020 have continued into 2021, with global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations up 55.2% year over year during the first quarter of 2021.
A total of 84 million PCs were sold worldwide in 1Q21, and while this was down 8% from Q4 2020, this was the smallest post-holiday-season drop since 2012, when sales declined by 7.5%.
“Unfulfilled demand from the past year has carried forward into the first quarter and additional demand brought on by the pandemic has also continued to drive volume,” said Jitesh Ubrani research manager for IDC’s Mobile Device Trackers. “However, the market continues to struggle with setbacks including component shortages and logistics issues, each of which has contributed to an increase in average selling prices.”