Final IDC Numbers Confirm Mac Grabs Highest Ever US Market Share

IDC has finalized their numbers PC shipment numbers, and confirms the Mac hit its highest share of the US market ever, with 13%. Apple took third place, behind HP at 28% and Dell with 24%.

9to5Mac:

Apple reported year-on-year growth of more than 20% in its Q4 earnings report, with Mac sales of 5.52M. In a subsequent interview with the WSJ, Tim Cook asked: 

“Would you rather own the Mac business or any of the Windows OEMs?”

The news adds to the mixture of bittersweet Apple market share usage reports of late. A recent report showed Apple’s share of the worldwide tablet market fell 12.8% in quarterly shipments compared to the previous year, while a Chitika report from yesterday showed the iPad continuing to dominate North American tablet web traffic, with almost 80% of total traffic.

Chris Hauk

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