That’s up by 4.7 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

But overall the PC industry is shrouded in gloom because overall Western Europe showed a fall of minus 0.8 percent, while Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and Africa showed drop of 8.5 percent and 13.3 percent respectively.

Notebook shipments in Western Europe rose by 4.1 percent in the quarter, with the commercial sector showing a 10.5 percent increase on the same quarter last year.

IDC said while Windows 10 sales were “accelerating”, Microsoft is still unable to drive large renewals.

Brexit is unlikely to help things in the future with vendors changing their prices and large businesses become more cautious.

Malini Paul, an analyst at IDC, said inventory levels in some channels were high with products moving slowly.

The top five vendors in the quarter were HP, Lenovo, Dell, Asus, and Acer. Apple took sixth place.