The computer market just faced one of its grimmest periods in recent memory. IDC analysts estimate PC shipments fell 4.9 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, representing the first decline in ...

Laptop and desktop PC manufacturers had a healthy year in 2025. Global PC shipments climbed by 10.1% to 75 million PCs in Q4 and, for the entire year, by 9.2% to 279.5 million PCs. The data, presented ...

While IDC sees a PC refresh underway, recent vendor earnings show commercial buyers are leading consumers in buying devices ahead of the Windows 11 migration and to mitigate potential tariff-driven ...

We all knew that the steady increase in PC component prices would have an effect on PC sales. Now, the effects are becoming more clear: IDC is predicting that PC sales will fall 20 percent during the ...

In brief: Porting first-party PlayStation games to PC was once unthinkable, but Sony has highlighted the policy's growing importance over the past few years. Although calculating the exact percentage ...

It’s like tariffs all over again. IDC said this week that preliminary fourth-quarter global PC sales grew 9.6 percent year over year, reaching a total of 76.4 million units. But those sales weren’t ...