{"id":60601,"date":"2021-01-12T10:32:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T09:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=60601"},"modified":"2021-01-12T10:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T09:32:08","slug":"gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-grew-10-7-in-fourth-quarter-of-2020-and-4-8-for-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/60601-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-grew-10-7-in-fourth-quarter-of-2020-and-4-8-for-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner Says Worldwide <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> Shipments Grew 10.7% in Fourth Quarter of 2020 and 4.8% for the&nbsp;Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsivegrid aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12 \">\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-heading aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<h4 class=\"grid-norm subtitle mg-t15 mg-b15\">Continued Consumer Demand Results in Highest Global <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> Market Growth in a Decade<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-articletext aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<article class=\"article-text grid-norm light-bg\">World\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> ship\u00adments tota\u00adled 79.4 mil\u00adli\u00adon units in the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020, a 10.7% increase from the fourth quar\u00adter of 2019, accor\u00adding to preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry results by Gart\u00adner, Inc. For the year, <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> ship\u00adments rea\u00adched 275 mil\u00adli\u00adon units in 2020, a 4.8% increase from 2019 and the hig\u00adhest growth in ten years.\u201cThe world\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket saw a strong finish to 2020, recor\u00adding a third con\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve quar\u00adter of year over year growth, alt\u00adhough the\u00adre con\u00adtin\u00adued to be sup\u00adp\u00adly shorta\u00adges due to this high demand,\u201d said&nbsp;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/17156\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/17156\">Mika\u00adko Kitag\u00adawa<\/a>, rese\u00adarch direc\u00adtor at Gart\u00adner. \u201cRobust con\u00adsu\u00admer <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> demand again dro\u00adve sales, par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly in regi\u00adons whe\u00adre govern\u00adments main\u00adtain stay-at-home orders as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/insights\/coronavirus\"><span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;pan\u00adde\u00admic per\u00adsists. Pri\u00ador to 2020, con\u00adsu\u00admers had been shif\u00adting to a pho\u00adne-first focus, yet the pan\u00adde\u00admic rever\u00adsed this trend. PCs have resur\u00adfaced as an essen\u00adti\u00adal device as con\u00adsu\u00admers, inclu\u00adding youn\u00adger child\u00adren, are rely\u00ading on them to for work, school, socia\u00adli\u00adzing and be enter\u00adtai\u00adned from their&nbsp;homes.\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Busi\u00adness <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> spen\u00adding was again wea\u00adk\u00ader this quar\u00adter, as the urgent purcha\u00adses for remo\u00adte work pea\u00adk\u00aded ear\u00adlier in the year. Howe\u00adver, in cer\u00adtain regi\u00adons like Chi\u00adna whe\u00adre eco\u00adno\u00admic reco\u00advery from the pan\u00adde\u00admic has alre\u00ada\u00addy begun, busi\u00adness growth was slight\u00adly stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Gart\u00adner does not include Chrome\u00adbook ship\u00adments in its tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket results, the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020 was ano\u00adther remar\u00adkab\u00adle peri\u00adod of growth for Chrome\u00adbooks, with ship\u00adments incre\u00adasing around 200% year over year to reach 11.7 mil\u00adli\u00adon units. In 2020, Chrome\u00adbook ship\u00adments increased over 80% to total near\u00adly 30 mil\u00adli\u00adon units, lar\u00adge\u00adly due to demand from the North Ame\u00adri\u00adcan edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon market.<\/p>\n<p>The top three ven\u00addors in the world\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket remain\u00aded unch\u00adan\u00adged from the pre\u00advious quar\u00adter, alt\u00adhough Leno\u00advo con\u00adtin\u00adued to widen its lead over <span class=\"caps\">HP<\/span>. Reflec\u00adting the trend seen throug\u00adhout 2020, con\u00adsu\u00admer-ori\u00aden\u00adted ven\u00addors such as Apple, Acer and Asus gai\u00adned mar\u00adket share (see Table&nbsp;1).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 1. Preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry World\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> Ven\u00addor Unit Ship\u00adment Esti\u00adma\u00adtes for <span class=\"caps\">4Q20<\/span> (Thou\u00adsands of&nbsp;Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><strong>Com\u00adpa\u00adny<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q20<\/span> Ship\u00adments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q20<\/span> Mar\u00adket&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q19<\/span> Ship\u00adments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q19<\/span> Mar\u00adket&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q20-4Q19<\/span> Growth (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Leno\u00advo<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;21,491<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">27.1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;17,713<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">24.7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">21.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><span class=\"caps\">HP<\/span> Inc.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;15,683<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">19.8<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;16,155<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">22.5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">-2.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Dell<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;13,199<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">16.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;12,127<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">16.9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">8.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Apple<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;6,893<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">8.7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;5,250<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">7.3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">31.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Acer Group<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;4,741<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">6.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;4,035<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">17.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><span class=\"caps\">ASUS<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;4,570<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.8<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;3,975<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">15.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Others<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;12,813<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">16.1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;12,493<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">17.4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">2.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>&nbsp;79,392<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>100.0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>&nbsp;71,749<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>100.0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>10.7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Notes: Data includes desk-based PCs, note\u00adbook PCs and ultra\u00admo\u00adbi\u00adle pre\u00admi\u00adums (such as Micro\u00adsoft Sur\u00adface), but not Chrome\u00adbooks or iPads. All data is esti\u00adma\u00adted based on a preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry stu\u00addy. Final esti\u00adma\u00adtes will be sub\u00adject to chan\u00adge. The sta\u00adtis\u00adtics are based on ship\u00adments sel\u00adling into chan\u00adnels. Num\u00adbers may not add up to totals shown due to rounding.<br>\n<\/em>Source: Gart\u00adner (Janu\u00adary&nbsp;2021)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regio\u00adnal Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket had ano\u00adther strong quar\u00adter, regis\u00adtering 20.6% growth year over year. Despi\u00adte eco\u00adno\u00admic and poli\u00adti\u00adcal dis\u00adrup\u00adti\u00adons in the regi\u00adon throug\u00adhout the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020, the con\u00adsu\u00admer <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket con\u00adtin\u00adued to per\u00adform well, led by sur\u00adging mobi\u00adle <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> demand. For the full year, the U.S. <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced its hig\u00adhest growth in 20&nbsp;years.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Though many sta\u00adtes did not re-issue stay-home orders until Decem\u00adber, U.S. con\u00adsu\u00admers con\u00adtin\u00adued to lar\u00adge\u00adly avo\u00adid tra\u00advel, while many U.S. schools were eit\u00adher clo\u00adsed or ran hybrid online class\u00adrooms,\u201d said Ms. Kitag\u00adawa. \u201cThe\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre, con\u00adsu\u00admer spen\u00adding shifted to items that could enhan\u00adce life at home, inclu\u00adding&nbsp;PCs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">HP<\/span> secu\u00adred the top spot in the U.S. <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket based on ship\u00adments with 28% mar\u00adket share. Dell fol\u00adlo\u00adwed with 25.2% of the U.S. <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket share (see Table&nbsp;2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 2. Preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry U.S. <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> Ven\u00addor Unit Ship\u00adment Esti\u00adma\u00adtes for <span class=\"caps\">4Q20<\/span> (Thou\u00adsands of&nbsp;Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><strong>Com\u00adpa\u00adny<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q20<\/span> Ship\u00adments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q20<\/span> Mar\u00adket&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q19<\/span> Ship\u00adments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q19<\/span> Mar\u00adket&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">4Q20-4Q19<\/span> Growth (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><span class=\"caps\">HP<\/span> Inc.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;5,323<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">28.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;4,884<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">31.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">9.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Dell<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;4,792<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">25.2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;4,192<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">26.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">14.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Leno\u00advo<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;3,460<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">18.2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;2,458<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">15.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">40.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Apple<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;2,713<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">14.3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;2,055<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">13.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">32.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Micro\u00adsoft<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;1,010<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;836<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">20.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Others<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;1,730<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">9.1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">&nbsp;1,352<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">8.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">28.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>&nbsp;19,029<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>100.0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>&nbsp;15,778<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>100.0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>20.6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Notes: Data includes desk-based PCs, note\u00adbook PCs and ultra\u00admo\u00adbi\u00adle pre\u00admi\u00adums (such as Micro\u00adsoft Sur\u00adface), but not Chrome\u00adbooks or iPads. All data is esti\u00adma\u00adted based on a preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry stu\u00addy. Final esti\u00adma\u00adtes will be sub\u00adject to chan\u00adge. The sta\u00adtis\u00adtics are based on ship\u00adments sel\u00adling into chan\u00adnels. Num\u00adbers may not add up to totals shown due to rounding.<br>\n<\/em>Source: Gart\u00adner (Janu\u00adary&nbsp;2021)<\/p>\n<p>Total <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> ship\u00adments in <span class=\"caps\">EMEA<\/span> rea\u00adched 23 mil\u00adli\u00adon units in the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020, an increase of 6.9% year over year, while Asia Paci\u00adfic rea\u00adched 25 mil\u00adli\u00adon units, an 8.3% year over year growth. Con\u00adsu\u00admer demand in both <span class=\"caps\">EMEA<\/span> and Asia Paci\u00adfic count\u00adries was par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly strong. Sta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adzed busi\u00adness <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> spen\u00adding due to China\u2019s eco\u00adno\u00admic reco\u00advery also hel\u00adped dri\u00adve the strong growth in Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span> Dri\u00adves Hig\u00adhest Con\u00adsu\u00admer <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> Demand in 10&nbsp;Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>World\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> ship\u00adments tota\u00adled 275 mil\u00adli\u00adon units in 2020, a 4.8% increase from 2019 (see Table 3). This was the hig\u00adhest annu\u00adal growth for the world\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket sin\u00adce&nbsp;2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 3. Preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry World\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> Ven\u00addor Unit Ship\u00adment Esti\u00adma\u00adtes for 2020 (Thou\u00adsands of&nbsp;Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><strong>Com\u00adpa\u00adny<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>2020 Ship\u00adments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>2020 Mar\u00adket&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>2019 Ship\u00adments<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>2019 Mar\u00adket&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>2020\u20132019 Growth (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Leno\u00advo<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">68,507<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">24.9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">63,182<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">24.1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">8.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><span class=\"caps\">HP<\/span> Inc.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">58,357<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">21.2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">57,949<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">22.1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">0.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Dell<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">45,029<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">16.4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">44,095<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">16.8<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">2.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Apple<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">22,454<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">8.2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">18,337<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">7.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">22.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Acer Group<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">16,264<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">14,743<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">10.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Asus<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">16,424<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">6.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">14,449<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">5.5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">13.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\">Others<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">48,111<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">17.5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">49,797<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">19.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">-3.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"104\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>275,147<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>100.0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>262,552<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>100.0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><strong>4.8<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Notes: Data includes desk-based PCs, note\u00adbook PCs and ultra\u00admo\u00adbi\u00adle pre\u00admi\u00adums (such as Micro\u00adsoft Sur\u00adface), but not Chrome\u00adbooks or iPads. All data is esti\u00adma\u00adted based on a preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry stu\u00addy. Final esti\u00adma\u00adtes will be sub\u00adject to chan\u00adge. The sta\u00adtis\u00adtics are based on ship\u00adments sel\u00adling into chan\u00adnels. Num\u00adbers may not add up to totals shown due to rounding.<\/em><br>\nSource: Gart\u00adner (Janu\u00adary&nbsp;2021)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Despi\u00adte some sup\u00adp\u00adly chain issues at the begin\u00adning of 2020, <span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span> cou\u00adpled with con\u00adsis\u00adtent con\u00adsu\u00admer demand crea\u00adted tre\u00admen\u00addous growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for PCs throug\u00adhout the year,\u201d said Ms. Kitag\u00adawa. \u201cThis momen\u00adtum is likely to con\u00adti\u00adnue through at least the first half of 2021, but it remains to be seen if it will sus\u00adtain in the post-pan\u00adde\u00admic era as it will depend on the per\u00adma\u00adnen\u00adcy of the chan\u00adges dri\u00adving demand. For ins\u00adtance, online edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon may con\u00adti\u00adnue even after schools open, con\u00adsu\u00admers may still buy gro\u00adce\u00adries online, and some busi\u00adnesses may con\u00adti\u00adnue full- or part-time remo\u00adte work. If the\u00adse sce\u00adna\u00adri\u00ados per\u00adsist, then PCs will return to con\u00adsu\u00admers\u2019 dai\u00adly lives as an essen\u00adti\u00adal device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00adse results are preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry. Final sta\u00adtis\u00adtics will be available soon to cli\u00adents of Gartner\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> Quar\u00adter\u00adly Sta\u00adtis\u00adtics World\u00adwi\u00adde by Regi\u00adon pro\u00adgram. This pro\u00adgram offers a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve and time\u00adly pic\u00adtu\u00adre of the world\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket, allo\u00adwing pro\u00adduct plan\u00adning, dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon, mar\u00adke\u00adting and sales orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons to keep abre\u00adast of key issues and their future impli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons around the&nbsp;globe.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how to lead orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons through the dis\u00adrup\u00adti\u00adon of coro\u00adna\u00advi\u00adrus in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/insights\/coronavirus\">Gart\u00adner coro\u00adna\u00advi\u00adrus resour\u00adce cen\u00adter<\/a>, a coll\u00adec\u00adtion of com\u00adpli\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry Gart\u00adner rese\u00adarch and web\u00adi\u00adnars to help orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons respond, mana\u00adge, and prepa\u00adre for the rapid spread and glo\u00adbal impact of <span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"experiencefragment aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"xf-content-height\">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12 \">\n<div class=\"responsivegrid aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12 \">\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-articletext aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<article class=\"article-text grid-norm light-bg\">\n<h4>About Gartner<\/h4>\n<p>Gart\u00adner, Inc. (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">IT<\/span>) is the world\u2019s lea\u00adding rese\u00adarch and advi\u00adso\u00adry com\u00adpa\u00adny and a mem\u00adber of the S<span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>P 500. We equip busi\u00adness lea\u00adders with indis\u00adpensable insights, advice and tools to achie\u00adve their mis\u00adsi\u00adon-cri\u00adti\u00adcal prio\u00adri\u00adties today and build the suc\u00adcessful orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Our unmat\u00adched com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of expert-led, prac\u00adti\u00adtio\u00adner-sourced and data-dri\u00adven rese\u00adarch steers cli\u00adents toward the right decis\u00adi\u00adons on the issues that mat\u00adter most. We are a trus\u00adted advi\u00adsor and an objec\u00adti\u00adve resour\u00adce for more than&nbsp;14,000 enter\u00adpri\u00adses in more than 100 count\u00adries \u2014 across all major func\u00adtions, in every indus\u00adtry and enter\u00adpri\u00adse&nbsp;size.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how we help decis\u00adi\u00adon makers fuel the future of busi\u00adness, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gartner.com\/\">gartner.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> ship\u00adments tota\u00adled 79.4 mil\u00adli\u00adon units in the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020, a 10.7% increase from the fourth quar\u00adter of 2019, accor\u00adding to preli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adry results by Gart\u00adner, Inc. For the year, <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> ship\u00adments rea\u00adched 275 mil\u00adli\u00adon units in 2020, a 4.8% increase from 2019 and the hig\u00adhest growth in ten&nbsp;years.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The world\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket saw a strong finish to 2020, recor\u00adding a third con\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve quar\u00adter of year over year growth, alt\u00adhough the\u00adre con\u00adtin\u00adued to be sup\u00adp\u00adly shorta\u00adges due to this high demand,\u201d said&nbsp;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/17156\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/17156\">Mika\u00adko Kitag\u00adawa<\/a>, rese\u00adarch direc\u00adtor at Gart\u00adner. \u201cRobust con\u00adsu\u00admer <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> demand again dro\u00adve sales, par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly in regi\u00adons whe\u00adre govern\u00adments main\u00adtain stay-at-home orders as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/insights\/coronavirus\"><span class=\"caps\">COVID-19<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;pan\u00adde\u00admic per\u00adsists. Pri\u00ador to 2020, con\u00adsu\u00admers had been shif\u00adting to a pho\u00adne-first focus, yet the pan\u00adde\u00admic rever\u00adsed this trend. PCs have resur\u00adfaced as an essen\u00adti\u00adal device as con\u00adsu\u00admers, inclu\u00adding youn\u00adger child\u00adren, are rely\u00ading on them to for work, school, socia\u00adli\u00adzing and be enter\u00adtai\u00adned from their&nbsp;homes.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Busi\u00adness <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> spen\u00adding was again wea\u00adk\u00ader this quar\u00adter, as the urgent purcha\u00adses for remo\u00adte work pea\u00adk\u00aded ear\u00adlier in the year. Howe\u00adver, in cer\u00adtain regi\u00adons like Chi\u00adna whe\u00adre eco\u00adno\u00admic reco\u00advery from the pan\u00adde\u00admic has alre\u00ada\u00addy begun, busi\u00adness growth was slight\u00adly stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Gart\u00adner does not include Chrome\u00adbook ship\u00adments in its tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket results, the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020 was ano\u00adther remar\u00adkab\u00adle peri\u00adod of growth for Chrome\u00adbooks, with ship\u00adments incre\u00adasing around 200% year over year to reach 11.7 mil\u00adli\u00adon units. In 2020, Chrome\u00adbook ship\u00adments increased over 80% to total near\u00adly 30 mil\u00adli\u00adon units, lar\u00adge\u00adly due to demand from the North Ame\u00adri\u00adcan edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon market.<\/p>\n<p>The top three ven\u00addors in the world\u00adwi\u00adde <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket remain\u00aded unch\u00adan\u00adged from the pre\u00advious quar\u00adter, alt\u00adhough Leno\u00advo con\u00adtin\u00adued to widen its lead over <span class=\"caps\">HP<\/span>. Reflec\u00adting the trend seen throug\u00adhout 2020, con\u00adsu\u00admer-ori\u00aden\u00adted ven\u00addors such as Apple, Acer and Asus gai\u00adned mar\u00adket share (see Table 1). (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/60601-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-grew-10-7-in-fourth-quarter-of-2020-and-4-8-for-the-year\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2485,2484],"class_list":["post-60601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-gartner","tag-pc-market","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60602,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60601\/revisions\/60602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}