Global PC shipments, also including tablets, fell in the third quarter although remaining well above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, new research by Canalys showed. Modest Slippage In Q3 PC shipments fell 2 percent year-over-year in the third quarter to 122.1 million units, with tablets and Chromebooks serving as drags, the report said. Tablet shipments fell 15 percent year-over-year to 37.7 million units, as the need for tablets to support consumer and education user cases fell. Chromebook shipments declined a steeper 37  percent to 5.8 million due to lower education spending in the U.S. Leaders and Laggards Lenovo Group Limited, the market leader in the PC market; Apple Inc and Dell Technologies Inc were the only major vendors that saw year-over-year growth in shipments. Lenovo, which had a 20 percent share of the overall market, shipped 24.453 million units, up 4.1 percent. Apple ranked second with an 18.9 percent market share. Its shipments rose …