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PC shipments dropped around 20 percent in Q3, analyst firms say.
As noted by Windows Central, IDC reported a 20.1 percent decline while Omdia reported that shipments fell 21.2 percent. Both said that the lowered shipments followed a pull-forward in shipments earlier in 2026.
“Vendors and channels bought ahead of price hikes, which inflated early year shipments and left Q3 starved of demand,” according to IDC. “The result is a broken seasonal pattern: the third quarter is normally larger than the second, and this year it fell short.”
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