The researcher blamed the decline on the Chinese production crunch and inflationary pressure with all the top vendors suffering drops
All the major vendors saw a drop in shipments
One analyst’s figures show the market experienced the sharpest decline in nine years
The analyst claims PCs are expected to experience the ‘steepest decline’ of all device segments this year
The analyst’s data found that most major European countries have recorded decreases
The market was driven up by inflation and a shift away from cheaper education and consumer devices in favour of higher-value models
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Dell, Apple, and ASUS were the only top-tier vendors that saw year on year global PC shipment growth
Dell and Lenovo were the only two vendors to experience growth in Q4
Notebooks fell 28 per cent due to a drop in Chromebooks as the education market reached saturation