Gartner: Mac Market Nears 10 Percent For Third Quarter
6:15 am, October 15th, 2008, Ed Sutherland
Apple’s share of the PC market reached nearly 10 percent during the third quarter. Although Cupertino retained the third position in U.S. shipments, Apple posted 29 percent growth, outstripped all other computer makers.
Gartner announced Apple controlled 9.5 percent of domestic PC sales, up from 7.7 percent a year ago. In stark contrast to Dell and HP which had 6 percent and 4 percent growth respectively, Apple had a more than 29 percent increase during the third quarter of 2008.
Apple sold 1.6 million Macs during the third quarter, up from 1.2 million shipped the previous year.
Tuesday, Apple unveiled a lower-priced entry MacBook onlookers saw as a response to concerns of slowing consumer spending. The company has set Oct. 21 to release third quarter sales figures.
Posted by Ed Sutherland in Apple, Hardware, News | Comment on this article
Interesting that Apple seems to be stealing from the “Other” category only. There’s another 20,8% to steal though, which would make Apple no. one
ohhansen, on October 15th, 2008 at 8:51 am
They won’t steal from HP & Dell as they cover the corporate market.
No multi-national would purchase Mac’s as with Windows you can easily change your hardware supplier with minimum fuss, if you decide to either move to or away from Apple the costs are crippling.
mick, on October 16th, 2008 at 2:39 am