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Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. India’s PC market had its strongest year on record in 2025, surpassing the surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions of first-time buyers who purchased laptops during lockdowns began upgrading their devices. Shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations in India rose 10.2% year-over-year to 15.9 million units in 2025, according to analysts at IDC. The total marks the first time annual shipments have crossed the 15-million-unit milestone, surpassing the peaks seen in 2021 and 2022. Pandemic-driven lockdowns exposed many people in India to PCs for the first time, expanding the country’s PC userbase and creating demand for upgrades as those devices age, Bharath Shenoy, a research manager at IDC, told TechCrunch. Growing digitization, rising PC adoption among startups and small businesses, and wider availability of devices in smaller cities have also supported demand, he added. India’s share of global PC shipments rose to 5.6% in 2025 from 3.3% in 2020, IDC data sh

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