In the first quarter of this year, global computer sales due to the coronavirus pandemic increased by 55.6% compared to the same period last year and reached 84 million, Report mentions, citing market research agency IDC.
China's Lenovo leads the market, which sells about 1 million computers a day, with a 24.3% share. It sold 20.4 million (59.1% more than a year earlier) computers during the reporting period.
HP and Dell of the United States followed with 22.9% and 22.4% of the market share. During the same period, these companies sold 19.2 million (64.1% more than a year earlier) and 12.9 million (more than 23.4%) computers, respectively.
In the first quarter of this year, the highest growth was recorded in the US technology giant Apple - 111.5%.