In the first quarter, Intel increased its notebook revenue by 19%, and the number of mobile processors sold increased by 22% compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the company earned twice as much revenue from notebook component sales as from desktop components. The transition to remote work will only increase this advantage.
Intel partners from the pages of the publication We decided to explain the factors driving the growth in laptop demand in the first quarter, excluding the most obvious one—the need to set up remote workstations from home. Representatives of the American company LAN Infotech noted that part of the growth in PC demand over the last two quarters is due to the end of the product life cycle. Windows 7. However, the overriding factor was the need to transition to remote work. Over the past three weeks, demand skyrocketed, with virtually anything with a central processor being purchased. Many buyers simply suddenly realized that their old computers were no longer up to the task.
In these conditions, desktop systems have fallen out of favor even among corporate buyers. A laptop, in this sense, offers more flexibility; it can be used both at home and in the office. If necessary, services like Windows Virtual Desktops allow you to create a familiar work environment even in a remote office. Interest in such solutions will continue even after self-isolation ends.
Future Tech Enterprise representatives don't share their colleagues' enthusiasm about the dominance of laptops. For long-term work-from-home requirements, they say, desktop systems are more convenient—at least from a cost perspective. Pessimistic forecasts for the second half of the year, they believe, reflect a lack of funds for computer upgrades rather than a decline in actual demand. Corporate clients and small businesses will be the first to cut their computer spending in the second half of the year if the economic crisis worsens. Upgrades could be delayed until the fall, and in some cases, even until next year. Over the past five weeks, the number of unemployed in the US has increased by 26 million. Such dynamics do not suggest continued high demand for PCs in the coming months.
Source: 3dnews.ru
