Global PC shipments fell 15% on year in Q2, Lenovo remains on top – research

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The Notebook PC market is starting to see a new normal as pandemic demand and priorities shift from digitization while inflation limits household budgets and economic challenges do the same for businesses. As a result, global shipments were declined by 15% year-on-year in the second quarter, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics.

Lenovo remains the No. 1 Notebook PC vendor, as shipments (sell-in) fell to 12.8 million units in Q2 2022, down 17% from the 15.5 million a year earlier and down 11% from previous quarter HP took another large hit during the second quarter as notebook PC shipments were down 29% year-over-year to 10.5 million units, market share below 20% for the second straight quarter.

Dell nearly matched its shipment level from a year ago at 10.3 million units, falling only 1%, and nearly taking the No 2 spot from HP; market share increased 3 percentage points to 19%. Apple MacOS barely outperformed the total market as it faced supply constraints during the quarter; shipments reached 4.8 million MacBooks, down 13% from Q2 2021 and down 21% from Q1 2022.