PC shipments drop more than 20 percent in sharpest decline since Q1 2023
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Global PC shipments fell sharply in Q3 2026, Omdia reporting a 21.2 percent year-over-year decline to 58.1 million devices — the steepest drop since Q1 2023 — with desktops down 23.5 percent to 11.7 million units and laptops down 20.6 percent to 46.4 million. IDC put the decline at 20.1 percent to 62.7 million units versus 78.5 million a year earlier, the biggest Q3 fall it has ever recorded, and shipments were also 9.1 percent below Q2 2026. IDC's Jitesh Ubrani warned the current decline may be the beginning of a new downward cycle.
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