Dell Leads As Global PC Shipments Slump

The PC market had a downright dismal at the end of 2022, and there could be worse to come in 2023.

According to the report, the fourth-quarter shipments came in at somewhere around 65-68 million units, down almost 30 percent compared to last year.

Dell had a particularly tough time of it, with shipments falling more than 30 percent year-on-year to 10.8 million units. Consecutive quarters of declines paint a gloomy picture of the PC market, but this is all about perception says reports.

The silver lining is that the PC market was due a comedown from its pandemic-induced high when housebound consumers were prepared to blow their holiday money on some new tech to make lockdown life more bearable.

This barely qualifies as a crumb of comfort though, because the worsening economic outlook means fewer people are prepared to cough up for a new PC.

Since many consumers already have relatively new PCs that were purchased during the pandemic, a lack of affordability is superseding any motivation to buy, causing consumer PC demand to drop to its lowest level in years.

NP/Dominica Nwabufo