PC Shipments Declined By 15% in Q3 2022: Report

The global PC market has posted 15 per cent decline year-over-year (YoY) in Q3 2022, according to a latest report.

Slow demand and uneven supply are supposedly the reasons behind sliding PC shipments globally. But the shipment numbers are still above pre-pandemic levels when PC volumes were largely driven by commercial refreshes due to the looming end of support for Windows 7.

Traditional PC market’s global shipments totaled 74.3 million units during the third quarter of 2022, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. 

During the Q3 2022, Lenovo had the highest PC shipments 20,129 followed by HP Inc. with 17,603 units shipments. 

In a statement, Jitesh Ubrani, research manager for IDC's Mobility and Consumer Device Trackers said, "Consumer demand has remained muted though promotional activity from the likes of Apple and other players has helped soften the fall and reduce channel inventory by a couple weeks across the board."

Apple’s PC shipments stood out as it grew 40.2 per cent while all other major PC players showed negative growth in the quarter.

"Supply has also reacted to the new lows by reducing orders with Apple being the only exception as their third quarter supply increased to make up for lost orders stemming from the lockdowns in China during the second quarter", added Ubrani.