PC shipments fell 8 percent in Q1 2020 due to supply chain issues

Canalys analysts believe PC shipments fell 8 percent in Q1 2020, the biggest drop since the 12 percent fall seen in 2016. Despite an increase in demand due to stay-at-home orders, the coronavirus pandemic resulted in lower shipments due to supply chain issues. The demand was there but PC makers couldn't keep up:

Rushabh Doshi, research director at Canalys says that products were flying off the shelves in Q1, but the PC makers couldn’t keep up with demand as supplies were limited due to a number of factors.

“…PC makers started 2020 with a constrained supply of Intel processors, caused by a botched transition to 10nm nodes. This was exacerbated when factories in China were unable to reopen after the Lunar New Year holidays.

“The slowdown in supply met with accelerated demand, as businesses were suddenly forced to equip a newly remote workforce, placing urgent orders for tens of thousands of PCs. Children, too, needed their own PCs, as schools closed and lessons went online,” Doshi explained in a statement.

Apple was hit the worst as it saw Mac shipments decline 21 percent in Q1 2020.

Via: TechCrunch