The global traditional PC-- meaning desktop, notebooks and workstations-- market closes 2019 with "impressive" Q4 2019 growth of 4.8% Y-o-Y, IDC reports, with shipments reaching 71.8 million units, the highest for a single quarter since Q4 2015.
As for overall 2019 global shipments are up by 2.7%, marking the first full year of PC growth since 2011.
"This past year was a wild one in the PC world, which resulted in impressive market growth that ultimately ended 7 consecutive years of market contraction," the analyst says. "The market will still have its challenges ahead, but this year was a clear sign that PC demand is still there despite the continued insurgence of emerging form factors and the demand for mobile computing."
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