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HP has ousted Lenovo to take top spot in the PC shipment market, as global PC shipments see their first growth in five years.

All hope is not dead for the PC market as the decline has slowed down, according to the latest statistics from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.

Competition from other devices and longer device life have been the root causes of slower growth, according to IDC.

IDC reports worldwide PC shipments are dropping, but not as fast as predicted. 62.4 million units were shipped in 2Q16, a decline of only 4.5%.

Stability remains elusive in the PC market, with forecasts predicting further struggle for the sector as numerous factors continue to cause strain.

Apple leads a struggling global PC market with a 17% shipment drop, as APAC regions falter due to smartphone-driven decline in demand.

Intel is slashing 12,000 positions globally as it refocuses its business around data center and internet of things and away from PCs.

Asus and Apple are the only vendors to record increased PC shipments for the first quarter of 2016 as the PC market continues to decline.

PC shipments continue to decline, with the only hopes for improvement dependent on commercial replacements and economic stability, according to IDC.

The New Zealand PC market is expected to see a further decline this year, but that's not not necessarily all bad for the channel.

The PC market is still in the middle of structural change, which will reduce the PC installed base in the next few years.

The PC market continued its downward trajectory in 2015, with mobiles, tablets and Windows 10 contributing to the decline.

The brakes are expected to start coming off PC spending in the later half of next year, with IDC predicting a return to growth in PC shipments.

Two-in-ones saw a 77% year on year increase in shipments in Q3 at a time when the overall PC market dropped 14% and tablets were down 20%.

Lenovo leads Q3 PC market despite shipment decline; HP, Dell secure top spots while Apple gains market share and Acer faces significant drop.

While the latest PC shipment data from IDC and Gartner makes for gloomy reading, both analyst firms believe there is light at the end of the tunnel.

PC shipments are set to continue their downward trajectory through 2016 according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.

PC shipments are set to continue their downward trajectory through 2016 according to the latest report from IDC, and the New Zealand news is no better.

PC shipments have seen their steepest decline in nearly two years, plummeting 9.5%, but Gartner says the market will return to steady growth in 2016.

Higher spending in the consumer segment has driven growth in the Australian PC market, with end users migrating back to notebooks, says IDC.