The Wall Street Journal
PC Shipments Fall 29%, Led by Drop in Apple Devices
Global PC shipments tumbled to 56.9 million in the first quarter, down 29% from the same period a year earlier and below the 59.2 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2019, before the pandemic drove a surge in demand, IDC said. Apple, which IDC says commands a 7.2% share of the global PC market, saw shipments tumble by 40.5%, leading the drop across the five PC companies analyzed in the IDC report. Inventories have come down in the past few months but are still elevated, according to Jitesh Ubrani, a research manager at IDC.