Imakethe yokuthengisa ye-PC isezindongeni futhi ngokusho kwedatha etholwe kubacebisi be-IDC, okwamanje kwehle ngo-11,5% ekuthengisweni uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka owedlule maqondana nokuthunyelwa komhlaba wonke kwe-PC kwikota yokuqala ka-2016. I-Apple ithole isabelo semakethe, kulinganiselwa ukuthi ukuthunyelwa okuphelele kwePC bekuyizigidi ezingama-60,6 ngekota yokuqala yalo nyaka.
Ukuthunyelwa kwama-PC kwenye yezimakethe ezinkulu, e-United States, kwehle u-5,8% esele kumayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-13,6 kulekota yokuqala. Lezi zinkinga ngenani lamayunithi athunyelwe kungenzeka kungenxa yokukhathazeka okukhulu ngesimo somnotho somhlaba wonke, ukuthi imishini ethile ethengiswayo ayifaki ukuvuselelwa kwamahhala Windows 10 noma ngqo ukuthi abasebenzisi bacele imishini yabo yomhlangano ngaphandle kokusebenzisa kahle brand -known.
Ngokusho koMqondisi Wokucwaninga we-IDC uLinn Huang:
Isidingo sama-PC e-US sisahamba kancane, kepha ngakolunye uhlangothi sisesikhathini soguquko. Phakathi nonyaka kuneziqongo zokuthengisa ngenxa yokuthengwa kwezinkampani ezinkampanini nasemkhakheni wezemfundo ovame ukunikezwa ngekota yesibili. Kukhona ngisho nabanye abathengi abasacubungula ushintsho noma ukufudukela Windows 10 ngaphezu kokukhuphuka okungenzeka kwe-ChromeBooks emfundweni yamabanga aphansi nasesekondari, ngakho-ke akufanele sibe nexhala.
Mayelana nedatha eqoqwe umhlaba wonke, siyabona ukuthi uDell uzuze kanjani ukwanda kwe-4,2% ngesabelo semakethe yomhlaba esingu-14,9% ngaphezulu kwe-ASUS nezinye izinkampani ezaziwayo, kepha i-HP iwele ekuthengiseni yize igcina indawo yesibili ngemuva kweLenovo. Ngokwengxenye yayo, i-Apple ikhuphukela ku- Indawo yesi-4 etafuleni ngesabelo esingu-7,4% icishe ifane naleyo ye-ASUS emhlabeni wonke, yize lokhu kuphakama kwenzeke ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthengiswa kwemishini yayo eNyakatho Melika, sizobona ukuthi ingagcinwa noma ithuthukiswe unyaka wonke.