The global PC market saw its first year-on-year decline in more than two years in the second quarter of 2026. According to the latest data from analyst firm IDC, global PC shipments fell 4,9% to 68,2 million units. However, in this cooling environment, there was one major player that managed to go hard against the tide. Apple was the only manufacturer to record significant growth, as shipments of its Mac computers jumped by a respectable 10,1% year-on-year.
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The top five manufacturers remained unchanged from last year, but most companies had to bite the red. Lenovo retained first place with a 24,4% market share, despite a 2,1% decline. Second place HP fell 9% to 19,1%, and third place Dell fell 5% to 13,6%. Apple has grown to fourth place with a share of 9,9%. The top five is rounded out by ASUS, which has recorded a slight increase of 0,2% and holds 7,4% of the market.
Behind success AppIt is worth mentioning above all MacBookat Neo. Analysts from IDC point out that although Apple In line with the rest of the market, it has raised its prices and managed to maintain a very strong position against competitors who are facing the same difficulties. The entire computer market is currently being hit hard by a prolonged crisis with a shortage of memory computers.oneaccompanied by geopolitical problems.
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IDC Research Director Jitesh Ubrani pointed out an interesting paradox. Even as global shipments decline, manufacturers' overall revenues are growing as companies pass on higher costs to end-users faster than consumer demand declines. The memory market is not expected to recover until early 2028.
We'll see how the increase in the price of basic electricity affects this.
The Neo price hike hardly had any major impact this quarter. IDC's numbers end on June 30th, Apple increased in price on June 25th.
Unfortunately I had to take Neo during the complaint and it's really terrible. I understand going to school for a lecture, let it go Office and it's fine. But otherwise unusable.