Global PC Shipments Fall About 20% in Q3 2026 Amid Memory Chip Shortage
According to IDC's preliminary estimates, worldwide PC shipments dropped roughly 20% year over year in the third quarter of 2026, driven by rising component costs from AI-related memory chip shortages, while Apple's Mac shipments fell 11% but its market share still rose.
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| Oct 9, 1:05 PM | techradar.com | The RAMpocalypse has led global PC shipments to drop 20 percent in just 12 months |
| Oct 9, 11:54 AM | arstechnica.com | PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in “sharpest decline” since Q1 2023 |
| Oct 9, 6:44 AM | theregister.com | Global PC shipments crater 20% as rising prices hammer demand |
| Oct 9, 6:16 AM | macrumors.com | Mac Shipments Fall, But Apple Still Gains Ground in Shrinking Market |
| Oct 9, 4:10 AM | tomshardware.com | PC shipments tumble over 20% in 3Q26 as chip shortages bite |
| Oct 8, 2:50 PM | engadget.com | IDC: Worldwide PC shipments in Q3 fell 20 percent from last year |
| Oct 8, 1:09 PM | 9to5mac.com | IDC: Mac shipments drop 11% in Q3 as global PC market slides 20% |
| Oct 8, 11:50 AM | appleinsider.com | There's a hidden upside to the rampocalypse for Apple |
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- merge 2026-10-09 — merged in “Global PC Shipments Fall About 20% Amid Memory Chip Shortage”. Same Q3 PC shipment data.