The worldwide PC market, which includes both Chromebooks and tablets, posted a strong growth of 53.1% YoY, with total shipments coming to 122.1 million units. Chromebooks in particular did extremely well, with a growth of 274.6% YoY, while the tablet market alone recorded a growth of 51.8% YoY.
During the first quarter of 2021, the worldwide traditional PC market continued to grow at 55.2% when compared to the same quarter last year, shipping nearly 84 million units. There continued to be high demand across all market segments along with heavily constrained supply, and the top 5 manufacturers were Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple, and Acer.
