The PC staged a Covid-inspired comeback in 2020, with the industry recording its best growth figures in a decade, and there may be more to come as manufacturers position their products for pandemic living in 2021.
The Gartner research firm has just reported worldwide PC shipments grew to 79.4m units in the fourth quarter, up 10.7 per cent on a year earlier, while the 4.8 per cent growth to 275m units in 2020 was the highest since 2010.
Figures from two other research firms, which classify PCs slightly differently, also suggest there is plenty of life left in the personal computer. IDC recorded 303m units shipped for 13.1 per cent growth in 2020, while Canalys said shipments grew 11 per cent to reach 297m units.