As coronavirus (aka Covid-19) concerns spread across the world in a very much viral fashion, IDC reports the virus will leave an impact on the W. European PC market in 2020, but not as much as the ongoing stagnation of the consumer segment.
The analyst predicts traditional PC-- desktops, notebooks and workstations-- shipments will total 72.2 million in 2020, a -1% decline. The remaining Windows 10 transitions should continue driving commercial demand, but as mentioned earlier the consumer segment remains very much stagnant, and negative supply chain ramifications will keep the PC market in negative territory. H1 2020 should be better than H2, with overall 1.6% Y-o-Y growth expected for Q1 2020 and flat performance for Q2 2020.
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