The shipments of notebook PCs will be recovered from 2019 again by the survey company

ByRichard Coshott

In the Personal Computing Device (PCD) market with PC and tablet combined with IT research firm IDC, notebook PCs continue to grow little by little, and it is predicted that in 2019 shipments will exceed the results of 2016 in 2019 Did.

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"PDC" is a combination of PC (desktop PC · notebook PC · workstation) and tablet (slate type · 2 in 1 tablet PC), total shipments totaled 455 million units in 2016. Of these, desktop and data center workstations were 130.3 million, laptop PCs and mobile workstations 156.8 million, Tablet PC 21.5 million and slate tablet 155.4 million.

According to IDC, the annual average growth rate over the five years from 2016 to 2021 is forecast to be -1.4% overall, it is thought that the overall market is contracting. Especially large slumps are predicted for -6.9% for slate tablets, followed by -3.0% for desktop PCs.

Meanwhile, tablet PCs are projected to grow at an average annual growth rate of 16.4%, and it is estimated that shipments of 2021 will be 45.9 million units. Although notebook PCs are not large, shipments in 2021 are projected to grow to 163.7 million units.

When comparing shipments in 2016, the difference between notebook PC and slate type tablet is only 3.4 million, but in 2021 forecast it is 56.6 million, which is a big difference.

The graph showing the share trends from 2016 to 2021 classified into five types, "desktop PC" "notebook PC" "tablet PC" "slate type tablet" "workstation" is as follows. If you look at the PC as a whole it does not almost decrease the share, you can see that only the slate tablet is predicted to be gradually decreasing.