According to market research firm Gartner published in the 4th quarter of 2022 report, global PC shipments fell 28.5% year-on-year and 16.2% year-on-year for the full year 2022. PC shipments in the U.S. market fell 20.5 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter, with Apple’s Mac shipments at 2.936 million units and a 17.2 percent market share.
2022 Full Year Worldwide PC Vendor Estimated Shipments
Estimated worldwide PC vendor shipments in 4Q2022
Estimated U.S. PC vendor shipments in 4Q 2022
According to a report by Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totaled 65.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 28.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2021. PC shipments reached 286.2 million units in 2022, down 16.2 percent from 2021, the largest single-quarter decline since Gartner tracked the PC market in the mid-1990s.
Expectations of a global recession, rising inflation and higher interest rates have had a significant impact on PC demand,” Mikako Kitagawa, Gartner’s director analyst, said in a statement. Many consumers had already purchased relatively new PCs during the epidemic, causing consumer PC demand to fall to an all-time low.
He went on to add, “The enterprise PC market has also been impacted by the economic slowdown. Enterprise PC demand began to decline in the third quarter of 2022, but the market has now moved from weakness to deterioration. Corporate buyers are extending PC lifecycles and delaying purchases, which means the enterprise market may not return to growth until 2024.
