Nuked Global shipments of PCs declined in the first quarter of 2022, according to reports from research firms Gartner and international data Corporation. Gartner cites a lower 77.5 million figure, a 7.7 percent drop.
The market uses over 40 million Chromebooks for teachers and students. Lenovo was still the top-selling PC brand, followed by HP, Dell, and Apple.
Dell, Apple, and Asus were the only brands that saw year-over-year growth. Apple released new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros last October.
The PC market, in general, was up 11 percent in 2020, and over 30 million Chromebooks were sold at the time. A supply chain shortage caused sales to dip in quarter three of 2021 but managed to recover in the final quarter.
Both firms agree that the market for PCs is beginning to level off after two years of a surge in shipments. Gartner cites the war in Ukraine as a factor in the last quarter’s lack of growth.
