Global PC Market Closes 2024 with Slight Growth
PC shipments during the fourth quarter of 2024 grew 1.8 percent from the prior year, with global volumes reaching 68.9 million shipments…
PC shipments during the fourth quarter of 2024 grew 1.8 percent from the prior year, with global volumes reaching 68.9 million shipments…
“Despite China’s struggles, the recovery is expected to continue in 2024 as newer AI PCs hit shelves later this year…”
“2023 was undoubtedly tough in many respects, but we ended the year with some silver linings…”
“Across the major technology categories, the PC market has arguably been the biggest roller coaster in terms of ups and downs over the past four years.”
“Elevated channel and component inventory are once again dragging down the market.
Apple / Dell / HP / Lenovo / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 11, 2023
Demand remains a concern, as most users have relatively new PCs and the global economy worsens.
Worldwide tablet shipments reached 38.4 million units during the first quarter of 2022…
HP / Market Reports & Forecasts
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 25, 2021 · Last modified February 1, 2021
“Market growth could have been even greater, but supply constraints, particularly on panel and entry level CPUs, created bottlenecks that meant the full demand could not be satiated.”
HP / Market Reports & Forecasts / News
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 11, 2021 · Last modified January 12, 2021
Demand rose sharply, but PC makers continued to deal with component and production capacity shortages.
Two other office-imaging equipment makers, Ricoh and Konica Minolta, have also begun shifting some production out of China.
“If USTR (United Stated Trade Representative) were to impose a 10-25 percent additional duty on networking products and accessories, it would cause broad, disproportionate economic harm to U.S. interests.”
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 16, 2018 · Last modified April 26, 2018
“The printing industry has been through a continued decline and we see a consolidation of key players.”
Brother / Canon / Dell / Epson / Featured Posts / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / News / OKI / Ricoh / Samsung / Security
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 6, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2017
Just last week, researchers in Germany published a blog post listing various printer security vulnerabilities, while on February 4th, Bleeping Computer......
Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany say they’re discovered security vulnerabilities in some 20 popular brand-name network printers, including Brother......
3D Printing / ABBYY / Commentary / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Document Management / Electronics for Imaging / Executive Management / Imaging Supplies / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / OKI / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 27, 2017 · Last modified February 7, 2018
As far as toner-based printing is concerned, OKI is as innovative as they come. Not long ago, OKI introduced the......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 25, 2017 · Last modified February 1, 2017
OpenText of Waterloo, Ontario, and a provider of Enterprise Information Management (EIM), reports that it’s acquired Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content...
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