Although Apple’s Mac is showing little or no growth, it is still outperforming the overall PC market. Two conflicting reports paint the picture of the current PC market.
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Gartner has released numbers showing Apple shipped 5.6 million Macs worldwide during the third quarter of 2015. That was an increase of 1.5% over the third quarter of 2014. That was good enough for 7.6% of the market, and put Apple in fourth place in the top five, behind Lenovo, HP, and Dell. Overall, the report shows a 7.7% decline in shipments of PC. Dell was the only other company to show shipment growth, with a 0.5% increase.
Gartner’s U.S. numbers also show a rosy picture when compared to other PC makers, as Apple’s U.S. shipments grew 7.3% to 2.5 million for the quarter, well ahead of the overall U.S. market’s 1.3% growth. Apple grabbed third place in the U.S. with 14.8% of the market.
IDC’s numbers didn’t paint quite as pretty a picture for Apple, or the overall PC market, showing global shipments declining 10.8% year-over-year, while Mac shipments fell 3.4%. That still put Apple in fourth place worldwide with 7.5% of the market. As far as the U.S. goes, Mac shipments grew 1.6%, giving Apple a 13.7% share in the U.S.
Apple will give an official report of Mac shipments for the quarter on October 27, during the company’s earnings report.
(Via MacRumors)