Gartner: global PC market to shrink by almost double-digits this year due to 'geopolitics, inflation and supply chain issues'

The global PC market is on pace to suffer an almost double-digit drop in shipments this year, according to Gartner. The analyst house expects shipments to dip 9.5 per cent and claims the market is forecast to experience the steepest decline of all device segments in 2022. "A perfect storm of geopolitics upheaval, high inflation, currency fluctuations and supply chain disruptions have lowered business and consumer demand for devices across the world and is set to impact the PC market the...