The PC market is bouncing back, but it is still weak

The computer market has been on a rollercoaster ride in recent years. First, due to the COVID pandemic, sales skyrocketed. There were two reasons — the need to buy equipment for working from home, but also for entertainment, due to the need to sit at home. When the pandemic ended, sales plummeted because the crisis began, everyone was saving money, and many people recently replaced their equipment.

Sales were downright awful, but for some time now there has been a slight rebound. Data for the second quarter of 2024 confirms this. Things are getting better, but it is still hard to talk about great optimism, because the increases are small.

PC Sales in Q2 2024

The latest data was published by analytical company Canalys. According to its estimates, a total of 62.8 million computers were sold worldwide in the second quarter of 2024. This is a 3.4% increase year-on-year. The vast majority, 50 million, are laptops (including workstations). These grew by 4% over the year. The remaining 12.8 million are desktop PCs, which grew by only 1%.

Lenovo still dominates the list of manufacturers with a share of 23.4 percent. In second place is HP (21.8%), and in third place is Dell (16%). Subsequent places are: Apple (8.8%) and ASUS (7.2%). The remaining companies account for 22.7% of computer sales.

Canalys predicts that subsequent quarters may be even better. This is largely due to the new Copilot+ computers, MacBooks with Apple Intelligence and the soon-to-end support for Windows 10.