Topic: Mac marketshare
Mac shipments continue to outpace overall PC sales trends
07/12/2018, 06:07 pm
New estimates from market research firm Gartner suggest Apple's Mac business grew in the second quarter of 2018, contributing to a year-over-year upturn in the embattled PC market, its first in six years.
Mac sales return to growth in Q1 amid continued PC market decline
04/11/2018, 07:04 pm
Following a contraction over the holiday shopping season, Apple's Mac shipments returned to growth during the first quarter of 2018 amid a deteriorating PC market, according to fresh statistics from market research firm Gartner.
Mac sales continue decline in Q3, Apple drops to 5th place worldwide
10/10/2017, 05:10 pm
Following the downward spiral of the overall PC market, Apple's Mac sales continued to atrophy in the third calendar quarter of 2017 to put the company at fifth place among fellow vendors, according to fresh estimates from research firm Gartner.
Apple Mac sales slip in Q2 despite new hardware launches
07/12/2017, 05:07 pm
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.
Apple's Mac continues to buck worldwide PC shipment decline in Q1
04/11/2017, 07:04 pm
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.
Mac sales stabilize in Q4 amid worldwide PC shipment decline
01/11/2017, 06:01 pm
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.
Apple Mac shipments slide 13% in Q3 amid PC market slowdown
10/11/2016, 05:10 pm
Apple's share of the worldwide PC market continued a steady decline in the third calendar quarter of 2016, with estimates from market research firms IDC and Gartner both seeing shipments down least 13 percent from last year.
Apple's Mac sheds marketshare in Q2, sinks to 5th place amid worldwide sales slowdown
07/11/2016, 05:07 pm
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.
Apple's Mac reaches 9.2% share on the web as Windows PC use sinks to new low
05/02/2016, 02:05 pm
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.
Apple bucks downward PC market spiral, was lone manufacturer to see growth in 2015
01/12/2016, 04:01 pm
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.
Mac gains marketshare in third quarter amid continued PC market slide
10/08/2015, 04:10 pm
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.
Mac sales up 16.1% in June quarter as overall PC market continues slump
07/09/2015, 04:07 pm
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.
Apple's Mac bucks negative PC market trend, gains 9% in US
04/09/2015, 08:04 pm
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.
Worldwide PC market staggers in Q4 as Apple's Mac reaches new heights
01/12/2015, 05:01 pm
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.
IDC miscounts Macs again, awards Apple fifth place in global PC sales one year too late
10/09/2014, 08:10 am
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.
Surging Mac sales put Apple among top five global PC vendors for first time, IDC says
10/08/2014, 04:10 pm
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.
Apple's Macs rack up more than 1/4 of back-to-school PC sales in 2014
09/24/2014, 09:09 am
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.
Apple's surprising sales in emerging markets like China & Latin America keep Mac growth ahead of PC market
07/14/2014, 08:07 am
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.
Mac sales continue to slide in Q2 as overall PC market rebounds [Update: Numbers refuted]
07/09/2014, 04:07 pm
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.
Combined iPad, Mac shipments make Apple world's largest PC vendor once again
05/08/2014, 03:05 pm
With more than 20 million combined Mac and iPad shipments, Apple handily retained its title as the world's largest PC vendor in the first quarter of 2014, the latest data from Canalys shows.