"pc-market"

Lenovo led the segment with 23.9 per cent market share, followed by HP Inc at 22.2 per cent and Dell at 16.7 per cent market share globally.

Notebooks again remained the driving category with more than three-fourths share of the PC category, registering a 116.7 per cent YoY growth.

HP Inc was second with 22.9 per cent PC market share, followed by Dell Technologies at 15.4 per cent share.

"Following the boom in 2020, the PC industry is set to grow for years to come," said Canalys research director Rushabh Doshi.

Dell Technologies replaced HP in the top position in the overall PC market, as its shipments grew 57.1 per cent YoY in the October-December quarter, showed the data from IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

The last time the PC market saw annual growth of this magnitude was 2010 when the market grew 13.7 per cent.