PC makers focus on business customers as supply chain problems continue

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Liam Tung is an Australian business technology journalist living a few too many Swedish miles north of Stockholm for his liking. He gained a bachelors degree in economics and arts (cultural studies) at Sydney’s Macquarie University, but hacked (without Norse or malicious code for that matter) his way into a career as an enterprise tech, security and telecommunications journalist with ZDNet Australia.

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on December 9, 2021

| Topic: PCs

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The PC industry is looking at something of a mixed bag of results for 2021, with full-year shipments on target to reach 344.7 million in 2021 — marking growth of 13.5% compared to 2020 — but also a significant decline in holiday season sales, according to tech analyst firm IDC.

Sales in multiple industries, including tech, have been hampered by persistent pandemic-induced supply chain woes. The demand is there, but products aren’t. 

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