Jim WATSON / AFP
- A recent International Data Corporation report outlined global PC shipment data from Q1 of this year.
- Demand has dropped across the industry, with a 29% decrease compared to last year.
- Apple, in particular, has suffered from a 40.5% drop off in demand for its computers.
People are buying up fewer Apple computers as demand for PCs has moved away from COVID-era highs.
According to a report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), the global shipments of PC devices dropped 29% in the first quarter of 2023, when compared to the same period last year.
Among the five biggest manufacturers, Apple was impacted the most: The number of Apple PCs shipped dropped 40.5% from the first quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023.