Apple Mac sales slip in Q2 despite new hardware launches

Despite the debut of a slew of new Mac products in June, Apple's PC sales dipped in the second quarter of 2017, though greater losses from competitors helped buoy the tech giant's overall market share, according to estimates from market research firm Gartner.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 48

Apple's Mac continues to buck worldwide PC shipment decline in Q1

Riding a resurgence in Mac sales that kicked off in the fourth quarter of 2016, Apple saw a 4.5 percent increase in shipments over the three-month period ending in March as the wider PC market fell further into the red.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 29

Mac sales stabilize in Q4 amid worldwide PC shipment decline

After a steep slide last quarter, Apple's Mac saw a 2.4 percent sales increase over the three-month period ending in December as the wider PC market continued to suffer a now five year drought.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 49

Apple's Mac sheds marketshare in Q2, sinks to 5th place amid worldwide sales slowdown

Apple's share of the global PC market took a substantial hit during a challenging second quarter, dropping the company down to fifth place among the world's top computer manufacturers, according to preliminary numbers from market research firms Gartner and IDC.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 71

Apple's Mac reaches 9.2% share on the web as Windows PC use sinks to new low

New data from Net Applications shows that Apple's installed base of Mac users now account for 9.2 percent of the conventional PCs used online, as Microsoft's Windows platform falls to a new low among online users.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 44

Apple bucks downward PC market spiral, was lone manufacturer to see growth in 2015

The latest statistics from market research firm Gartner show Apple as the lone top-five PC vendor that grew worldwide shipments from 2014, bucking an negative market trend that saw shipments decline for the fourth consecutive year.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 18

Mac gains marketshare in third quarter amid continued PC market slide

Apple saw its worldwide Mac sales rise 1.5 percent over the third quarter of 2015, while U.S. shipments jumped 7.3 percent, bucking an ongoing downward trend in the overall PC marketplace.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 28

Mac sales up 16.1% in June quarter as overall PC market continues slump

Continuing to buck trends, Mac sales rose 16.1 percent year-over-year in the June quarter even as the PC industry as a whole shrank 11.8 percent, according to new estimates published on Thursday by research firm IDC.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 46

Apple's Mac bucks negative PC market trend, gains 9% in US

According to the latest estimates from Gartner, Apple's Mac made gains in the PC market over the first quarter of 2015, bucking a wider negative trend that saw overall shipments drop 5.2 percent worldwide.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 15

Worldwide PC market staggers in Q4 as Apple's Mac reaches new heights

According to its quarterly PC report for the fourth quarter of 2014, research firm IDC found Apple sold some 5.8 million Macs over the three-month period, bucking an overall negative trend for the market.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 24

IDC miscounts Macs again, awards Apple fifth place in global PC sales one year too late

IDC doesn't like counting iPads among its global PC figures, but it doesn't seem to like counting Macs either, given its back-to-back quarterly undercounting of Apple's computer sales.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 44

Surging Mac sales put Apple among top five global PC vendors for first time, IDC says

The Macintosh may have posted its strongest worldwide market share yet last quarter, according to the latest estimates from IDC, which place Apple among the top five global PC vendors for the first time.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 41

Apple's Macs rack up more than 1/4 of back-to-school PC sales in 2014

The Mac's share of the lucrative back-to-school shopping season continued its upward trajectory this year, as data released on Wednesday indicates that some 26.8 percent of the personal computers sold in the U.S. between Independence Day and Labor Day bore Apple's logo.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 24

Apple's surprising sales in emerging markets like China & Latin America keep Mac growth ahead of PC market

Sales growth for Apple's Mac platform has outpaced the PC market for the 31st time in the past 32 quarters, keeping the trend alive. But surprisingly, Apple's premium-priced computers were actually driven by growth in emerging markets last quarter, new data shows.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 25

Mac sales continue to slide in Q2 as overall PC market rebounds [Update: Numbers refuted]

Apple's share of the U.S. computer market slipped again during the second quarter of 2014 despite a global trend towards growth in the PC marketplace after tablets like the iPad cannibalized sales.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 128

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