Canalys released its quarterly U.S. PC sales today, and while the news was quite good with sales overall up 17% YoY, the growth slowed significantly from the prior quarter when sales soared to 74% pushed by the pandemic. Perhaps that is also due the widely reported worldwide chip shortage.
HP retained top spot for the second straight quarter with 21.9% of the market, up over 20% from the previous year. Apple remained in second spot with 20.6% share. It’s worth noting, however, that Apple’s growth fell -2.8% for the year.
Dell was in third place with 15.6%, followed by Lenovo with 12.4%. If you’re looking at yearly growth rate,