Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 3.6% in Q3 2017, 12th straight quarter of decline

The PC market has now been in decline for 12 quarters in a row, according to research firm Gartner. For Q3 2017, both Gartner and IDC found PC shipments were down globally year-over-year.

Gartner estimates that worldwide PC shipments fell 3.6 percent to 67 million units in Q3 2017. In Q3, the top six vendors were HP, Lenovo, Dell, Asus, Apple, and Acer. As you can see in the chart below, Gartner found that in the top six, only HP experienced an increase in PC shipments. Lenovo and Dell saw the smallest declines, while the rest of the market was down 11.4 percent.