The sluggish computer market saw a boom!
PC Market: A total of 6.49 crore computers were sold worldwide in the April-June 2024 quarter (Q2 2024). There are many reasons for this, such as companies replacing old computers, enthusiasm in the market about computers equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and offers given by companies to attract common customers.
Apple PC Market: Computer (PC) sales have increased after 7 consecutive quarters. According to a blog post shared by IDC, a total of 6.49 crore computers were sold worldwide in the April-June 2024 quarter (Q2 2024). There are many reasons for this, such as companies replacing old computers, enthusiasm in the market about computers equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and offers given by companies to attract common customers.
Computer sales have increased all over the world, but sales in China are still low. If we exclude China, computer sales in the rest of the world have increased by more than 5% compared to last year. IDC's Group Vice President Ryan Reith says that even though there is a lot of discussion about AI, people are now replacing old computers for many other reasons as well, due to which positive signs are being seen in the computer market. So far, computer manufacturing companies are mainly focusing on AI-related devices and especially on the possibilities of AI in the commercial market.
Everyone is hoping that Apple will soon launch AI-equipped computers and give this market a further boost. Apart from this, Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD are also considered important for customers and AI-equipped commercial computers. According to IDC research manager Jitesh Ubrani, if we talk about inventory management, last year's computer prices had come down due to excess stock. Now that phase is over. New computers have better features and discounts are also less, due to which the average price of computers is increasing.
Which company is ahead?
Apple's computer sales have increased by 21% this year compared to the same quarter last year. After this, Acer company is in second place, whose sales have increased by 14%. Talking about market share, Lenovo is in the first place with 23%. HP is in second and Dell Technologies at third place with 21% and 15.5% market share respectively. However, Dell's sales have declined by 2.4% in this quarter.