Lenovo led the pack with 16.9 million PC shipments, a contraction of 16.1 percent year over year. HP finished in second place with 12.7 million units shipped.
In a nutshell: Shipments of traditional PCs continued their downward trajectory in the third quarter. According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) latest report, global shipments totaled 74.3 million units during the three-month period ending September 30, down 15 percent from the 87.3 million PCs that shipped during the same timeframe a year earlier.
Lenovo led the pack with 16.9 million PC shipments, a contraction of 16.1 percent year over year. HP finished in second place with 12.7 million units shipped followed by Dell with 12 million PCs shipped. In fact, each of the top five manufacturers saw shipments dip compared to the year-ago quarter except for Apple.
