Work from home and remote learning amid the pandemic kept the worldwide traditional PC sales on fire in the fourth quarter of 2020, logging 26.1 per cent (on-year) growth to reach 91.6 million shipment units, the IDC said on Monday.
Lenovo with 25.2 per cent share led the global PC shipments, follewed by HP Inc with 20.9 per cent and Dell with 17.2 per cent share at the third spot, according to the IDC s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker . The traditional PCs (inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) were once again an in-demand consumer technology, growing 13.1 per cent year over year for the full year 2020 with the catalysts being work from home, remote learning, and restored consumer demand.