According to the latest report from the IDC research group, worldwide PC shipments have dropped by 1.7 percent in Q3 2014, but still did much better than expected.


Earlier estimates suggested that the worldwide PC market will take a 4.1 percent fall in Q3, but it appears that hardware makers managed to ship 78.5 million desktop and notebook systems in the third quarter, which is just a 1.7 percent drop.

While the migrations from Windows XP system that have driven earlier PC sales slowed down, improved business climate in some parts of the world pushed PC sales up, according to IDC.

Sales in the US were up by 4.3 percent compared to the same quarter in 2013 and up by 2.6 percent compared to the second quarter this year. Shipments of Chromebooks and other entry-level PCs also boosted the numbers significantly.




The main winner among PC makers is Lenovo, which managed to increase its lead over HP compared to the last year. In Q3 2014, Lenovo managed to ship a total of 15.7 million PCs while both HP and Dell are still trailing behind with 14.7 million and 10.4 million PCs. Lenovo is currently holding 20 percent of worldwide market share.

It appears that the PC market is on a slight rise, which is definitely a good thing to see.



Source: IDC.com.