According to one analyst firm, the combined shipment of desktop and laptop computers in 2024 was 245.3 million units. That’s a big number — a new computer for one out of every thirty or so people on the planet — and it’s showing a growth over 2023. But with the previous post pandemic slump in sales, and big pushes around AI and Windows 11, it still feels like a big disappointment. The numbers come from Gartner , which lays out a lot of statistics for the global and US...
