PC sales worldwide have steadily grown since late last year. The U.S. PC market, however, has crashed back to earth. IDC’s preliminary numbers for the second quarter of 2025 show flat year over year growth of 0 percent, versus 9 percent for the rest of the world. All told, PC shipments during the second quarter of 2025 grew 6.5 percent from the prior year, with global volumes reaching 68.4 million shipments, according to preliminary results from the firm. According to IDC, the reasons...
