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

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.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 20

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

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.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 62

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

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.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 154

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

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.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 50

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

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]

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 39

First wave of Windows 8 tablets rumored to arrive in October

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.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 78

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

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.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 110

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

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.

Slash Lane 14 years ago 29

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

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.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 57

Dell kills 7" Streak as Amazon's profitless Kindle Fire ravages Android tablets

Dell has thrown in the towel on its last Android-based Streak tablets in the US as new analysts step forward to note that Apple's only competition in tablets is coming from Amazon, although saying it is "needing to do so by selling at cost."

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 56

Ultrabooks headed for 5-10% price drop in early 2012

Prices for laptops in Intel's "Ultrabook" category are expected to fall below $1,000 by the end of this year and may drop as much as 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012 with the help of a $100 marketing subsidy from Intel, according to a new report.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 33

Major PC makers plan to concede tablet market to Apple, Amazon in 2012

Traditional PC makers like Dell and HP believe they have no advantages in the tablet market, and plan to phase out from competing with Apple's iPad, along with low-end tablets from content providers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, in 2012.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 133

Apple continues 'unstoppable' winning streak in customer satisfaction

Apple has once again topped the American Customer Satisfaction Index for PC makers, making it eight years in a row that consumers have been most satisfied with the Mac maker.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 68

Steve Jobs resignation has little effect on Apple product demand - report

Consumer demand for Apple products is unlikely to be impacted by the resignation of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, says one of two new studies, while the other reaffirms that the iPad will continue “dominating” the enterprise tablet market for the foreseeable future.

Chris Smith 14 years ago 28

Dell partnering up with Baidu to produce tablets, phones

Dell confirmed on Tuesday its plans to work with Chinese search engine Baidu to develop tablets and smartphones for the newly-announced forked version of Google's Android mobile operating system, called Baidu Yi.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 35

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