Long before Apple tried to convince everyone that the iPad was a great tool for both work and play, many experts were talking about the term post a PC specifying that tablets had arrived to completely replace PCs.
However, it took the pandemic to arrive to prove that this was not the case. During the pandemic, many users were forced to work from home, a process that required a PC, leading to a significant increase in sales in the following years. However, last year, sales fell and there was no incentive for businesses and individuals to renew their equipment.
At the end of 2023, Microsoft confirmed that by October 2024, the Windows 10 support will end. If users want to continue receiving updates, the only way to do so is to pay a subscription for up to 3 years and it won’t exactly be cheap.
PC sales are increasing
Based on the latest PC sales figures, it appears that businesses and individuals are unwilling to pay a monthly subscription to continue using Windows 10, leading to a rebound in PC sales over the past quarter . And, most likely, they will continue to do so in the coming months, as the end of Windows 10 support approaches.
According to the latest report released by Counter Research, based on the number of PCs shipped by major manufacturers, PC sales, both Surplus PCshow laptopincreased by 3% compared to the same period of last year and which corresponds to the first quarter of 2024.
One more time, Lenovo leads the rankings in computer hardware sales, with 13.7 million units shipped during the first quarter of 2024, representing an increase of 8% compared to the first quarter of 2023.
In second position, we find HP with 12 million units shipped with an increase of 1%, followed by Dell which decreased by 0.4% compared to the same period in 2023. In fourth position we find Apple which increased by 2%, while Acer saw an increase of 6%. The rest of the manufacturers barely increased by 1%, after having shipped the same number of units as Lenovo, or 13.7 million devices.
Future-oriented AI PCs
Another factor that has also contributed to the rise in PC sales is Microsoft’s current trend of putting the Artificial intelligence even in soup. Microsoft wants teams to be able to perform these types of tasks locally without having to rely on their servers so that the process is much faster and more efficient.
This is the main reason why manufacturers implement NPU (Neural Processing Units) in new processors. It is expected that in 2024, 45% of computers sold will be with integrated NPUs, that is, they will be PCs with AI.
If you are considering renewing your old PCs, it is advisable to wait a little longer so that the offer of PCs with AI is much higher than what can be found today and thus have more options to consider .
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