Lenovo tops global PC sales, HP in second place

The global PC market grew marginally in the fourth quarter of last year. Shipments of desktops, laptops and workstation equipment grew by about 1 percent on a year-on-year basis. Global shipments of PCs grew from about 91 million units to 92 million units. These shipments were 341 million units in the full year. Lenovo topped the PC shipments. It was followed by HP, Dell, Apple and Acer.

According to a report by market analyst firm Canalys, the total global shipment of PCs increased to 341 million units last year. This is a growth of about 15 percent compared to the previous year. With this, 2021 has seen the highest global shipment of PCs since 2012. The report states that the total estimated value of the PC industry in the fourth quarter of last year was around $ 70 billion (about Rs 5,17,510 crore). It has increased by 11 percent on a year-on-year basis. The total revenue of this industry in the entire last year was more than $ 250 billion (about Rs 18,48,290 crore) and this is an increase of 15 percent.

Lenovo led the global PC shipments in the fourth quarter with around 21.7 million units. It was followed by HP, Dell, Apple and Acer. The shipments of these companies were 18.7 million units, 17.2 million units, 78 lakh units and 66 lakh units respectively. Lenovo recorded a record shipment of 82.1 million units in the entire last year, an increase of 13.1 percent on a year-on-year basis. Lenovo has updated its ThinkBook laptop series. The company has launched new models. These include Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3, ThinkBook 13x Gen 2, ThinkBook 14 Gen 4+ and ThinkBook 16 Gen 4. The company has also launched three new desktop PCs under the ‘ThinkCentre neo’ portfolio. These include ThinkCentre neo 7t, ThinkCentre neo 50s and ThinkCentre neo 3a 24. All of them run on 12th generation Intel Core processors.

HP shipped 74.1 million units last year, up 9.5 per cent. Dell’s shipments were 59.3 million units, Apple’s were 29 million units, and Acer’s were 24.4 million units.