Don’t look now, but PC shipments are actually up in the US, at least by a little bit.

Researchers at Gartner, which includes tablets such as Microsoft’s Surface in its report, tracked a 1.4 percent increase, this most recent quarter compared to the same time a year ago. IDC, which does not include such tablets, reported a 4.9 percent bump in a report released this week.

But don't get too excited: this doesn’t portend the great comeback of the personal computer. Worldwide, PC shipments are still on the decline year-over-year. Gartner says shipments have fallen 5.2 percent to 64.3 million, while IDC says 4.5 percent to 62.4 million. Either way, the trend line is down. Both firms attribute the US gains to a strong dollar coupled with the PC upgrade cycle among businesses and government customers.

“Our long-term outlook remains cautious,” said Loren Loverde, vice president of PC tracking and forecasting at IDC.

As the firms’ analysts note, the second and third quarter of the year are typically healthy PC-buying seasons for the public sector in the US. What’s more, there’s still a lot of runway for a Windows 10 upgrade among businesses and consumers, which could kick in around the end of 2016 to early 2017.

But elsewhere in the world, would-be PC buyers seem to be spending much more carefully. China’s sluggish economy has continued to drag. In Australia, the Philippines, and South Korea, recent elections likely stymied government spending on new IT equipment. Though too recent for these latest stats, the Brexit could also negatively affect the PC market following the pound's dive against the dollar.

All in all, however, the ongoing decline in PC sales makes sense regardless of whose currency you're talking about. Yes, the PC does still have its place in the hierarchy of tech, but it’s becoming increasingly niche. These days, the biggest players in tech are the companies whose products and services have achieved scale that transcends any individual gadget. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and increasingly Microsoft are all companies that are striving to reach you wherever you are—in the cloud, on mobile, anywhere you live and work. The PC is just one more way for them to get to you.