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Cale Hunt

"The year ahead is shaping up to be extremely volatile" — IDC adds another PC price alarm to a market already filled with noise

ASUS Zenbook A14.

It's a new year, and that means that top tech analysts are poring over data from 2025 in an attempt to make sense of the next 12 months.

Earlier this week, I covered a report from tech research and advisory group Omdia, suggesting that 2026 will see a laptop supply that fails to meet demand, driving up prices for consumers.

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