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TrendForce forecasts 2027 laptop shipment decline, slower shift from China manufacturing

TrendForce's latest report projects global notebook shipments will fall by a low single-digit percentage in 2027, driven by weaker consumer demand rather than component shortages. The research firm also expects the share of notebook production outside China to shrink from 24% in 2025 to 21% in 2026, and potentially below 20% in 2027, as rising costs make offshore manufacturing less appealing. TrendForce notes that CPU, DRAM, and SSD prices currently make up about 68% of the bill-of-materials cost for a typical $900 notebook.

tomshardware.com · 2026-10-12

Global PC shipments drop 20.1% in Q3 2026, IDC and Omdia report

IDC and Omdia both reported steep year-over-year declines in global PC shipments for Q3 2026. IDC recorded a 20.1 percent drop to 62.7 million units, down from 78.5 million a year earlier and 9.1 percent below Q2 2026's 68.2 million units. Omdia reported an even steeper 21.2 percent decline to 58.1 million devices, with desktop shipments down 23.5 percent and laptops down 20.6 percent.

arstechnica.com · 2026-10-09