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PC shipments drop 7% in Q1 2026, forecast to fall 14% for year
PC shipments fell 7% in Q1 2026, the steepest decline in nearly three years, driven by rising memory and storage prices. Analysts forecast a 14.4% contraction for the full year, with budget laptops hit hardest. The downturn signals weakening consumer demand amid higher component costs.
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The drop underscores how component price hikes are dampening PC demand, but the forecast may overstate the impact if memory prices stabilize later in the year.
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New PC purchases see sharpest drop in nearly three years as memory and storage prices bite — shipments fall by 7%, analysts forecast 14% contraction that will hit budget laptops hard →
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