PCs

How do Canalys, IDC and Gartner's figures match up on the global PC market for Q3?

The market experienced its sixth consecutive quarter of growth but was stifled by continuing supply issues

The researcher found most European countries followed the same trend apart from Italy

The analyst said PC monitor shipments remain steady at double-digit growth but will ease over next few years

The Western European commercial market is expected to see a double-digit surge while notebook sales are expected to remain ‘substantial’

Tablets suffered a dip as educators moved on and the consumer surge from the pandemic faded

Lenovo lead the pack as the top vendor for three consecutive quarters

Despite impressive figures, the analyst said Chromebooks are seeing some slowdown from the boom in preceding quarters

Year on year growth suffered due to last year’s propelled demand as a result of Covid

The market research firm said the coronavirus pandemic has led to significant changes in the PC workstation volume mix