The PC market has been in a state of disarray for the past two years, but according to a research firm by the name of Canalys , it grew by 3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2023. In spite of the fact that this is the case, a rival firm, IDC , suggests that sales actually fell by 2.7% year over year. To make things more confusing, Gartner has indicated that they detected a 0.3% growth rate for the same quarter. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that Canalys recorded 65.3 million PCs being sold in the fourth quarter of 2023. This number included both notebooks as well as desktops, but the former registered a 4% increase whereas the latter saw sales decrease by 1%. Also, if IDC’s estimates are to be taken at face value, this still represents a slowing rate of growth with all things having been considered and taken into account. In the same quarter in 2022, sales shrunk by 7.6%. A 2.7% rate of decrease is therefore ...