{"id":285396,"date":"2026-10-09T18:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/pc-shipments-fall-20-1-percent-in-sharpest-decline-since-q1-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T18:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:54:52","slug":"pc-shipments-fall-20-1-percent-in-sharpest-decline-since-q1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/pc-shipments-fall-20-1-percent-in-sharpest-decline-since-q1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in \u201csharpest decline\u201d since Q1 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PC shipments saw a steep drop of about 20 percent in Q3 2026, analysts reported this week.<\/p>\n<p>The industry saw its \u201csharpest decline since \u201cQ1 2023,&#8221; Omdia said in an announcement toady. Global shipments of laptops, desktops, and workstations fell 21.2 percent year over year (YoY) to 58.1 million devices, the analyst said.<\/p>\n<p>Desktop PC shipments (including desktop workstations) decreased 23.5 percent to 11.7 million units, and laptop shipments (including laptop workstations) declined 20.6 percent to 46.4 million, per Omdia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/10\/pc-shipments-fall-20-1-percent-in-sharpest-decline-since-q1-2023\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/10\/pc-shipments-fall-20-1-percent-in-sharpest-decline-since-q1-2023\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PC shipments saw a steep drop of about 20 percent in Q3 2026, analysts reported this week. The industry saw its \u201csharpest decline since \u201cQ1 2023,&#8221; Omdia said in an announcement toady. Global shipments of laptops, desktops, and workstations fell 21.2 percent year over year (YoY) to 58.1 million devices, the analyst said. Desktop PC shipments (including desktop workstations) decreased 23.5 percent to 11.7 million units, and laptop shipments (including&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":0,"tcb_editor_enabled":0,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in \u201csharpest decline\u201d since Q1 2023 - UshopWell.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/pc-shipments-fall-20-1-percent-in-sharpest-decline-since-q1-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in \u201csharpest decline\u201d since Q1 2023 - UshopWell.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PC shipments saw a steep drop of about 20 percent in Q3 2026, analysts reported this week. 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