EMEA PC shipments total 18 million in Q1 2019, Gartner reports-- a -2.2% Y-o-Y decline, with enterprise demand continuing to grow as companies move ahead with Windows 10 deployments while the consumer segment remains weak.
As the analyst puts it, consumers are neither replacing older PCs nor migrating to hybrid systems. In fact, hybrid devices are not too popular in EMEA, since users appear to prefer using larger displays.
On a global scale, Q1 2019 PC shipments total 58.5 million units, a -4.6% Y-o-Y decline. CPU shortages impact all PC businesses as vendors allocate to higher-margin business and the Chromebook segment.
“While the consumer market remained weak, the mix of product availability may have also hindered demand," the analyst remarks. "In contrast, Chromebook shipments increased by double digits compared with Q1 2018, despite the shortage of entry-level CPUs. Including Chromebook shipments, the total worldwide PC market decline would have been -3.5% in Q1 2019.”#
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