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PC gross margins expected to decline as sales shrink, Dell goes private

2013/15/04, 02:04 pm

The struggling PC market is forecast to go from bad to worse, as one analyst believes a number of market factors will push gross margins even lower in the already-cutthroat business.

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Consolidation in struggling PC market considered 'inevitable' as sales plummet

2013/11/04, 02:04 pm

As the PC market continues to shrink even after the heavily hyped launch of Microsoft's Windows 8, consolidation among hardware makers and an industry-wide shakeup is likely "inevitable" in the coming years, according to a new analysis.

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Apple accounts for 20% of all 2012 US consumer technology sales revenue

2013/19/02, 08:02 am

Apple was the third-largest consumer technology retailer in the U.S. in 2012, while its products accounted for the largest share of revenue among consumer tech companies.

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Apple reduced federal lobbying to $2M in 2012

2013/18/02, 01:02 pm

Apple's lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. were scaled back 13 percent in 2012 to $2 million, a sum below many of the iPhone maker's peers.

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Dell going private in $24.4B deal, aided by $2B loan from Microsoft

2013/05/02, 09:02 am

Computer maker Dell announced on Tuesday that it would be going private in a $24.4 billion deal involving a private equity firm and software giant Microsoft.

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Dell reportedly in talks to take company private

2013/14/01, 03:01 pm

Struggling PC maker Dell is reportedly in talks with at least two private-equity firms to take the company private.

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US Mac shipments didn't shrink in holiday quarter, they grew 5%, Gartner says

2013/14/01, 08:01 am

Gartner on Monday contradicted its rival IDC and claimed that domestic Mac shipments actually grew for Apple by 5 percent year over year in the holiday quarter.

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Dell exec warned Microsoft that Windows RT branding would confuse consumers

2012/17/12, 12:12 pm

An executive at one of Microsoft's largest PC partners, Dell, warned that the "Windows RT" branding for its tablet operating system might confuse consumers because it does not run traditional Windows applications.

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Apple PC shipments reach new high of 13.6% despite contracting global market

2012/10/10, 05:10 pm

Estimates released Wednesday from market research firms show overall U.S. PC shipments fell nearly 14 percent year-to-year in the third quarter of 2012, while Apple's share shrunk 6.1 percent over the same period.

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iPad gives Apple market-leading 19% share of PC shipments

2012/01/08, 02:08 pm

Combined Mac and iPad sales reached more than 21 million in the second quarter of 2012, giving Apple a 19.4 percent share of all PC shipments.

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Apple remains world's largest chip buyer, projected to spend $28B this year

2012/26/07, 09:07 am

Apple continues to dominate the global electronics supply chain, and is expected to widen its lead as the largest buyer of chips by spending $28 billion in 2012.

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US PC shipments drop 6% as Apple posts 4% gain

2012/11/07, 04:07 pm

Estimated quarterly PC shipments show the overall U.S. market declined 5.7 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2012 while Apple grew 4.3 percent.

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PC makers hope Apple's iPad is delaying, not replacing notebook purchases

2012/22/06, 11:06 am

Notebook manufacturers are hopeful that the recent debut of Intel's Ivy Bridge processors, as well as the forthcoming launch of Windows 8, will boost laptop sales and counter the effect of Apple's iPad.

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Dell feeling iPad pressure after soft notebook sales, earnings miss

2012/23/05, 02:05 am

Though it didn't mention the iPad by name, PC maker Dell did say that "alternative mobile computing devices" had an impact on its sales that contributed to poor performance last quarter.

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HP regains crown from Apple as world's top PC maker

2012/01/05, 05:05 pm

Four months after being ousted by Apple, HP reclaimed the top spot in the client PC market in the first quarter of 2012, eking out a 40,000 unit lead over the iPad maker.

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Macs again outperform the market as Apple takes 10.6% of US PC shipments [u]

2012/11/04, 04:04 pm

Apple saw its domestic Mac shipments grow to 10.6 percent of the market in the first quarter of 2012, as the company once again grew while the rest of the PC market saw its shipments slide. [Updated with additional data from IDC]

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First wave of Windows 8 tablets rumored to arrive in October

2012/21/03, 01:03 am

On the heels of a report that Microsoft is aiming to release Windows 8 in September or October, a new rumor claims first-tier tablet vendors will launch their first Windows 8 devices in October.

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iPad & MacBooks combine to give Apple 27% share of all mobile PC shipments

2012/23/02, 12:02 pm

The combined total of iPad and MacBook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011 gave Apple a whopping 26.6 percent share of the mobile PC market, nearly tripling the share held by second-place HP.

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Mac sales surge as PC sales drop 20% in UK, 12% in France

2012/07/02, 02:02 pm

PC sales in Europe plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2011, but Apple bucked that trend over the holidays, particularly in France and the U.K., with continued strong growth.

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CES: Dell plans to launch first 'consumer tablet' in late 2012

2012/11/01, 08:01 am

Moving on from its failed line of smaller Streak-branded tablets, Dell reportedly plans to sell a full-fledged "consumer tablet" to take on Apple's iPad in late 2012.

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