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If you own a Lenovo PC, it turns out you're far from alone. The company has announced its Q4 and full year financial results over 2025/26, and in among the celebrations over the "strongest year in the group's history" is a fun fact—its global PC market share topped out at 24.4%, which means it retains its place as the number one PC manufacturer in terms of units shipped.
Which is probably slightly annoying news for HP, which looks to have kept its position as number two in the rankings. According to Lenovo, the gap between the two has widened to the largest in 15 years. Ah, you can't win 'em all, can you?
According to a Gartner report earlier this year, the first quarter of 2026 was actually pretty good for PC manufacturers, as preliminary results indicated that worldwide shipments actually increased by 4%.
Before we all go jumping up and down, though, it's important to remember that the memory crisis wasn't affecting the market quite so badly at that point, as manufacturers and retailers were still moving stock produced before the RAMpocalypse really started to bite. Yes, I am a downer at parties. How did you know?
Going by those preliminary figures, the next manufacturer on the list in third place is Dell, followed by Apple, and then Asus.
On that Mac-based note, the Cupertino fruit-based giant has been predicted to overtake Dell in the laptop-manufacturing stakes by the end of this year, thanks to the runaway success that is the MacBook Neo.
Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the PopularBook is now supply limited, as the company didn't anticipate such a massive demand for a stylish $599 work machine. I could have told him it'd sell well, but he never called. Next time, perhaps?
Going back to those Lenovo financials for a second, the company reported revenue reaching an all-time forth quarter high of $21.6 billion, a 27% increase year-on-year. And yes, a lot of that was down to AI-related shenanigans.
We'll have to see how the rest of the year plays out in regards to consumer PC sales overall, and what the figures look like once the ongoing memory crisis and associated price increases have been factored in. Still, I don't want to entirely spoil the party. Cheers, Lenovo. How does it feel sitting at the top?
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