Online classes driving PCs demand, sales up 40-50% in last 2 months: Lenovo

Company unveils three gaming laptop segments with their per unit price starting from Rs 79,990, Rs 1.34 lakh and Rs 1.99 lakh

PC maker Lenovo on Tuesday said the demand for personal computers grew 40-50 per cent in the last two months as compared to the year-ago period.

The contribution of gaming PCs to its consumer segment may almost double this year, a top company official said.

Lenovo CEO and MD Rahul Agarwal told PTI that online classes are driving sales of laptops in the consumer segment where students want devices with high computing power that they can use for studies as well as playing games.

"Consumer market is now growing at a much faster pace than pre-Covid-19 times. If we