Gartner and IDC: HP and Lenovo shipped the most PCs in 2018, but total numbers fell

The PC market is still declining, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. While the two agreed on that 2018 was negative, they disagreed on who shipped more PCs: HP or Lenovo. As with the year before, Dell was indisputably third.

Both firms continue to be optimistic about the PC market, despite more quarters and years in the red than in the black. For 2017, Gartner and IDC argued that computers had hit rock bottom, and that a turnaround was due. While 2018 saw a positive Q2 and a flat Q3, overall the year was still down.