The global PC market declined by 4% year-over-year in Q2 2026, but as Lenovo, Dell, and HP struggled, Apple's MacBook Neo helped it buck the downward trend. New data shared by Counterpoint Research shows that global PC shipments plummeted to 65 million units in the second quarter of the year. Apple and Asus have bucked the sales decline trendApple's performance was most likely thanks to the successful launch of the MacBook Neo. Ongoing headwindsThe almost universal shrinking of the PC market is, in part at least, down to the increased costs of PC components. Even the $599 MacBook Neo is now the $699 MacBook Neo.