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Global PC shipments fell by 33% to 54 million units year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, the technology analyst firm Canalys reports, adding tha...

A glut in inventory and the worsening macroeconomic environment have dampened demand for personal computers

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PC shipments have dropped 29 percent to 56.9 million during the first quarter of 2023 due to weak demand, excess inventory

Weak demand, excess inventory and a worsening macroeconomic climate resulted in the global shipments of traditional PCs recording 56.9 million in the first quarter of 2023, a huge 29 per cent drop compared to the same quarter last year, a ...

The global provider of market intelligence said weak demand, excess inventory, and a worsening macroeconomic climate were all contributing factors for the precipitous drop in shipments of traditional PCs during the first quarter of 2023 (Q1).

An audit of the marketplace found that global PC shipments tallied 56.9 million units in the first quarter of 2023, representing a sizable 29 percent decline from the same quarter a year ago.

A new IDC report shows Apple took the biggest hit in Q1 2023 as Mac shipments fell 40% compared to the same quarter of 2022.

Weak demand, excess inventory, and a worsening macroeconomic climate contributed to a global reduction in PC shipments of 29% last quarter.

Personal computer shipments plummeted in the first quarter compared to a year ago with Apple, PC market leader Lenovo and Dell seeing sales plummet by 30% or more. HP suffered slightly less with a drop of 24%. But if manufacturers could take heart in something it's that quarter one shipments were nearly double of those in the fourth quarter which was the lowest three-month total reported by research firm IDC since it began tracking shipments in 2008.