Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Increased 4.4% in Second Quarter of 2025
There were no major changes in the top five vendor rankings worldwide in the second quarter of 2025 (see Table 1). Lenovo saw the strongest growth in global PC shipments among the top five vendors at 13.9% year-over-year.
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