After the boom years of the pandemic followed by a collapse in device sales, laptop makers are expecting a rebound this year. In March 2020, the first confinement led to a sudden surge in computer sales fueled by companies switching to teleworking as well as by individuals who felt that the days of confinement were going to turn into long weeks, and needed a screen at home.
“We went from onePC per family to one PC per person in homes,” rewinds, a bit nostalgically, Patrice René, PC product director at HP France.