Weak results in China continued to hold the market back. Excluding China, worldwide shipments grew more than 5% year over year.

“Two consecutive quarters of growth, combined with plenty of market hype around AI PCs and a less sexy but arguably more important commercial refresh cycle, seems to be what the PC market needed,” says IDC’s Ryan Reith, “the buzz is clearly around AI, but a lot is happening with non-AI PC purchasing to make this mature market show signs of positivity.”

Top 5 Companies, Worldwide Traditional PC Shipments, Market Share, and Year-Over-Year Growth, Q2 2024 (Preliminary results, shipments are in millions of units)
Company 2Q24 Shipments 2Q24 Market Share 2Q23 Shipments 2Q23 Market Share 2Q24/2Q23 Growth
1. Lenovo 14.7 22.7% 14.2 22.5% 3.7%
2. HP Inc. 13.7 21.1% 13.4 21.3% 1.8%
3. Dell Technologies 10.1 15.5% 10.3 16.4% -2.4%
4. Apple 5.7 8.8% 4.7 7.5% 20.8%
5. Acer Group 4.4 6.8% 3.9 6.2% 13.7%
Others 16.3 25.1% 16.5 26.1% -1.1%
Total 64.9 100.0% 63.1 100.0% 3.0%
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, July 9, 2024

Notes:

  • PCs include Desktops, Notebooks, and Workstations and do not include Tablets or x86 Servers. Detachable Tablets and Slate Tablets are part of the Personal Computing Device Tracker but are not addressed in this press release.
  • Shipments include shipments to distribution channels or end users. OEM sales are counted under the company/brand under which they are sold.