The top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments in April grow 12% m-o-m to reach a new record, according to Digitimes Research.

Demand for notebooks from users working and studying from home in mature markets was stronger than expected.

HP had strong growth in April, as it had in March. Dell experienced rising orders from the enterprise and education sectors in April, helping the US-based vendor advance to second place in vendors ranking, surpassing Lenovo.

With China’s domestic demand weaker than that of Europe and North America and with fierce competition from Huawei and Xiaomi in China’s online channel, Lenovo’s shipments underperformed its US-based competitors in April.

The top-3 ODMs witnessed an on-month increase of 10% in their combined shipments in April. Quanta Computer remained the largest ODM for the second consecutive month in April, thanks to robust orders for Chromebooks and MacBooks.