Overall shipments have remained high when compared with pre-pandemic levels despite the Q2 drop
The market was driven up by inflation and a shift away from cheaper education and consumer devices in favour of higher-value models
Volume drops, but price rises enable revenues to increase for business-targeted PC sales by European distributors
Smaller units accounted for one in four desktops shipped by western European distributors, according to Context stats
Rare good news for client sector, although individual countries show mixed performance
Five of the world's top six manufacturers saw shipments decline last year, Gartner figures reveal
Chinese giant continues quest to expand client business
Newly single IT heavyweights both see profits droop in Q4
GfK data shows market bellwether Germany declining faster than the rest of the region
OEMs no longer able to pre-install Windows 7.1 or Windows 8