Lenovo on top in global sales of PC, HP at second place

There has been a slight growth in the global PC market in the fourth quarter of last year. Shipments of desktop, laptop and workstation equipment grew nearly 1 percent on a year-over-year basis. Global shipments of PC increased from approximately 91 million units to 92 million units. In the entire last year, this shipment was 34.1 crore units. Lenovo topped in PC shipments. This was followed by HP, Dell, Apple and Acer.

According to the report of market analyst firm Canalys, the total global shipment of PC increased to 341 million units last year. This is a growth of about 15 percent compared to the previous year. With this, 2021 has seen the highest number of PC shipments globally since 2012. The report states that the total estimated value of the PC industry in the fourth quarter of last year was approximately $ 70 billion (approximately Rs 5,17,510 crore). There has been an increase of 11 percent on year-on-year basis. The total revenue of this industry in the last entire year was more than 250 billion dollars (about Rs 18,48,290 crore) and this is an increase of 15 percent.

Lenovo led global PC shipments in the fourth quarter with about 21.7 million units. This was followed by HP, Dell, Apple and Acer. The shipments of these companies were 1.87 crore units, 1.72 crore units, 78 lakh units and 66 lakh units respectively. Lenovo recorded record shipments of 82.1 million units in the full year last year, a growth of 13.1 percent on a year-on-year basis. Lenovo has updated its ThinkBook laptop series. The company has launched new models. These include Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3, ThinkBook 13x Gen 2, ThinkBook 14 Gen 4+ and ThinkBook 16 Gen 4. The company has also launched three new desktop PCs under the 'ThinkCentre neo' portfolio. These include ThinkCentre neo 7t, ThinkCentre neo 50s and ThinkCentre neo 3a 24. All of them run on 12th generation Intel Core processors.

HP shipped 74.1 million units last year, a growth of 9.5 percent. Dell's shipment was 59.3 million units, Apple's 29 million units and Acer's 24.4 million units.