Apple Gained PC Market Share in 1Q22 Despite Global Slowdown in Shipments [Chart]

Apple gained PC market share in the first quarter of 2022 despite a global slowdown in shipments, reports IDC.

The PC market has had two years of double digit growth, so the first quarter decline is not seen as a concern, especially given supply chain disruptions. A total of about 80.5 million PCs were shipped in Q1.

"The focus shouldn't be on the year-over-year decline in PC volumes because that was to be expected. The focus should be on the PC industry managing to ship more than 80 million PCs at a time when logistics and supply chain are still a mess, accompanied by numerous geopolitical and pandemic-related challenges," said Ryan Reith, group vice president with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers. "We have witnessed some slowdown in both the education and consumer markets, but all indicators show demand for commercial PCs remains very strong. We also believe that the consumer market will pick up again in the near future. The result of 1Q22 was PC shipment volumes that were near record levels for a first quarter."


Rankings remained unchanged from 4Q21. Lenovo topped the list with 22.7% market share, followed by HP, Dell, Apple, ASUS, and Acer. Dell, Apple, and ASUS were the only vendors to see year over year growth with Apple growing shipments 4.3% to capture 8.9% of the market.

"Even as parts of the market slow due to demand saturation and rising costs, we still see some silver linings in a market that has reached an inflection point towards a slower pace of growth," said Jay Chou, research manager for IDC's Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. "Aside from commercial spending on PCs, there are still emerging markets where demand had been neglected in the earlier periods of the pandemic, and higher end consumer demand also has held up."

Apple in the process of revitalizing its computer lineup with its own M-series silicon. So far the company has unveiled an M1 MacBook Air, M1 MacBook Pro, M1 Mac mini, M1 iMac, M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pro, and a new M1 Max/Ultra Mac Studio.

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