"While price reductions helped stimulate some interest in Q4, the value proposition of these devices still needs to be communicated more effectively to users," Context Senior Analyst Marie-Christine Pygott told The Reg. "As the concept matures, awareness grows, and a greater range of price points is being addressed, we expect adoption rates to increase in 2025."
According to Context, European PC sales in general showed modest growth in the run up to Christmas, with AI-capable systems still below earlier expectations.
The adoption rate of AI-capable laptops rose to 32 percent during the quarter, up from the 22 percent observed during Q3. Some predictions had estimated that AI boxes would make up more than 40 percent of the market by 2025.
Context shares Intel's definition of an AI-capable PC as one featuring a processor with a built-in neural processing unit (NPU) to accelerate certain AI operations.
Collection
[
|
...
]