U.S. PC Market Has Best Quarter in a Decade on Pandemic Demand
- Chromebook shipments nearly doubled from a year earlier
- Lenovo, Apple gained market share while HP, Dell lose out
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Personal computer shipments rose in the third quarter, with the U.S. market having its best performance in a decade, on demand from consumers working and studying remotely.
PC makers shipped 3.6% more devices in the three-month period compared with a year earlier, for a total of 71.4 million units, according to preliminary data released Monday by researcher Gartner Inc.