In Q2, IDC estimates global PC shipments grew 4.7% to 64.9M units; Gartner estimates 1.5% growth to 63M units; both say Windows 10 refresh contributed to gain
but they don't agree what a PC is Nathaniel Mott / Tom's Hardware : Gartner: US Tariffs on China Could Significantly Drive up Laptop Prices Paul Lilly / PC Gamer : PC shipments get ‘back on track’ right as third-gen Ryzen enters the fray Ryan Maskell / WinBuzzer : Windows 10 Has Reportedly Spurred a PC Shipment Growth in Q2 Laurent Giret / OnMSFT.com : Gartner and IDC both saw PC shipments grow in Q2 2019 Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Mac sales up 9.6% worldwide, says IDC. Down 0.2%, says Gartner James Sanders / TechRepublic : PC shipments grew in Q2, fueled by tariff concerns and Windows 7 migrations Paul Kunert / The Register : PC shipments back in black: Desktops to the rescue, aided by Win10 Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : PC Sales Grew Slightly in Second Quarter Raka / MSPoweruser : Gartner: PC shipments witnessed a small growth in Q2 2019 Argam Artashyan / Gizchina : Lenovo Leads Global PC Market With 25% Market Share Sean Endicott / Windows Central : PC shipments up in Q2 2019 according to IDC and Gartner Steve Dent / Engadget : Lenovo fuels the first PC sales increase in six months Tweets: Bryan Ma / @bryanbma : WW PCs +4.7% YoY in 2Q19 due to rush to beat tariffs, better CPU supplies, W10 migrations. Lenovo now #1 esp w/early ELCOT edu project in India https://www.idc.com/... https://twitter.com/... Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : 6 yrs ago, PC sales were 76M units for Q2 (10 yrs ago it was 90M) compared to 63M. When IDC grows more than Gartner it is mostly due to Chromebook growth. https://twitter.com/... @manan : old enough to remember how tech journalists wrote PC is dead on their PCs 6 years ago saying the iPad killed the PC. Wonder if they still use their iPads to write Meidum articles... https://twitter.com/... Brandon LeBlanc / @brandonleblanc : This is pretty neat to see. 😁 https://twitter.com/... Gerardo A. Dada / @gerardodada : Meanwhile, tablet shipments continue to decline. It seems like the ‘post PC’ era is over. BTW, by when is email supposed to be dead? https://twitter.com/... @alex : ~260M per year / notably 300M used to look like a floor until breached, but 260M isn't anything to mock https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...