On April 28, Counterpoint announced a report on global PC shipments for the first quarter of 2022, which was 78.7 million units, down 4.3% year-on-year.
Counterpoint said that this year's PC supply chain parts shortage logistics problem has eased compared with the second half of 2021, and the backlog of orders in 2021 has also driven PC shipments in this quarter to some extent.
Lenovo shipped 18.2 million units in the first quarter, down 9.5% year-on-year, but the 23.1% market share remained the world's number one; due to the sluggish Chromebook market, HP shipments in the quarter fell 16% year-on-year to 15.9 million units, with a market share of 20.2%, ranking second;
Dell, the third in the ranking, achieved a small increase in shipments of 13.8 million units, which Counterpoint said was due to the success of its high-end business product strategy, and thanks to the success of the M1 MacBook series, Apple achieved 8% shipment growth to 7.1 million units, ranking fourth in the market.
Asus and Acer are grouped into Others, both with a market share of around 7%. Among them, ASUS benefited from the expansion of its gaming and commercial product lines, achieving a 4% increase in shipments. And Acer, which is trapped by the lackluster growth of the Chromebook market, shipped 1% year-on-year.