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Computer Lifecycle Management: When to Replace a PC

Worldwide PC shipments fell 3.6% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, to 65.7 million units, according to Omdia. More than half of the business channel partners it surveyed said their customers were putting off hardware refresh plans until pricing stabilizes.

Computer Lifecycle Management: When to Replace a PC

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Worldwide PC shipments fell 3.6% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, to 65.7 million units, according to Omdia.

More than half of the business channel partners it surveyed said their customers were putting off hardware refresh plans until pricing stabilizes.

Fleets keep ageing while the replacement decision keeps getting deferred.

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Worldwide PC shipments fell 3.6% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, to 65.7 million units, according to Omdia. More than half of the business channel partners it surveyed said their customers were putting off hardware refresh plans until pricing stabilizes. Fleets keep ageing while the replacement decision keeps getting deferred.

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Fleets keep ageing while the replacement decision keeps getting deferred.

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