As the demand for e-learning and remote working remained strong, the Indian traditional PC market (inclusive of desktops, notebooks and workstations) delivered a strong quarter with 9.2 per cent year-over-year (YoY) growth shipping 3.4 million units in the September period, a new IDC report said on Tuesday.

The July-September quarter is the biggest PC quarter in the last seven years in India.

Although the commercial segment had very few government and education projects, the consumer segment recorded its biggest quarter ever with 2 million shipments, growing 41.7 per cent (YoY) and 167.2 per cent from the previous quarter.

HP Inc retained the top position in the overall PC market with a share of 28.2 per cent.

The company recorded a strong quarter in both consumer and commercial segments with a 16.6 per cent increase in shipments when compared to the same time a year ago. HP also remained the leader in the consumer segment.

“Anticipating a longer work from home possibility, enterprises are getting ready for a larger mobile workforce and keep reducing their dependency on desktops. Also, SMBs started showing more momentum and will be critical in sustaining the ongoing growth in the commercial segment,” said Jaipal Singh, Associate Research Manager, Client Devices, IDC India.Unfortunately, shortages of some key components continue to be a challenge.”Vendors that will be able to manage the supplies of these components will benefit from this opportunity more as there is still a lot of untapped demand for PCs in the country,” Jaipal added.In the commercial segment, enterprises continued investing in PCs under their business continuity planning to manage their remote working requirements.However, the volume of key big deals has come down in this second wave of enterprise buying as compared to initial orders in 2Q20.Lenovo was marginally ahead of Dell at the second place with a share of 21.7 per cent in its overall shipments.