Smart working is doing well in the PC market
PC market in Q2 2020 positive
The units distributed worldwide were 64.8 million according to Gartner, marking a + 2.8% compared to the same period last year year. The numbers recorded by IDC are different, albeit always with growth: 72.3 million and + 11.2%. The industry therefore seems to have overcome the difficulties at the beginning of the year due in part also to the interruption in the supply chain of the components for issues attributable to the spread of COVID-19. The laptop segment especially benefited from it, due to the greater versatility of the category.Taking into consideration the individual brands, Lenovo continues to maintain the global leadership followed closely by HP. More detached Dell in third place. Down from the podium instead Apple, Acer and ASUS. This is the comment of Mikako Kitagawa, Research Director of Gartner.
After the supply chain was severely compromised in early 2020 due to the pandemic, part of the growth in this quarter is attributable to distributors and sales channels that have brought their stocks back to almost normal volumes.
we Must therefore perhaps revise the forecasts downwards, and are formulated only a little more than a month ago. This shows how the 2020 is a year that it is ever more complicated for analysts, called to the difficult task of developing estimates of long-term in a context that is unpredictable and unprecedented.
The only certainty is that smart working will not be a remedy for the passenger: the reality of every type and every industry are seeing the opportunities related to the adoption of this formula, considering the adoption after the termination of the emergency. The PC market, as well as the services linked to it, inevitably you will adjust accordingly.
Source: Gartner
