- Desk shipments to companies have increased by 22%, which represents 17% of business PC sales, claims the report
- Consumers in general are less interested in updating, with only an increase of 9%
- The market could reduce speed or even contract again next year
With the end of the official Windows 10 life only a few months away, companies are increasing their purchase of new devices in advance of increasing support not only for Windows 11, but also for OSS future.
The latest figures of the industry analyst in the context (through The registration) illustrate a 22% increase year after year in desktop shipments to business clients during April and May 2025, largely driven by update cycles and the imminent end of the support for Windows 10.
Interestingly, he discovered that companies have been buying many more desks than portable devices, which relates to industry trends throughout the technological sector of generalized mandates back to the office.
PC shipments rise as the end of the life of Windows 10 is approaching
“His participation in total PC revenues at the beginning of the second quarter reached almost 17%, the highest level in the two -year report period of the context,” said context senior Marie Christine Pygott context.
“This reflects both an update cycle for a long time in commercial environments and the typical demand peak before the main support terms of the operating system.”
Trends widely reflect similar changes seen by the Canals, another company that is carried out with the shipments of monitoring devices, among other metrics.
During the first four months of 2025, PC general shipments increased by 9% on average, with 8% desks compared to 10% for notebooks. However, these metrics represent all PC shipments, not just business clients.
The main analyst Ishan Dutt explained that Microsoft’s decision to disconnect from Windows 10 is not the only factor of influence on the increase in sales: continuous rates induced by the commercial war and the generalized economic uncertainty have seen customers and suppliers aiming to acquire a new technology before prices increase.
“This preventive strategy allowed manufacturers and the channel to supply before potential costs, which increases sales shipments despite the stable end user demand,” Dutt added.
Windows 10 had remained very popular for months, with many happy customers with their existing hardware and others limited by the update due to software and licenses restrictions. The adoption of Windows 11 (43%) has not yet exceeded the number of Windows 10 (53%) facilities, but the gap has closed considerably in the one -year space (through Statcounter).
However, looking towards the future, IDC predicts contraction in the global PC market due to the stabilization caused by the widespread migration of Windows 11.
“The expectations of worsening the macroeconomic conditions worldwide and in the United States characterized by ascending pressures on prices and the degradation of consumers’ feeling,” added the vice president of IDC Worldwide PC RESARING Research Jean Philippe Bouchard.
