Source: IDC
Posted on 07/09/2015 10:03:06 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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 is believed to have sold just under 5.14 million computers, putting it in fourth place under leaders Lenovo, HP, and Dell. Those companies sold 13.44 million, 12.25 million, and 9.56 million units respectively. Below Apple were Acer and ASUS, both roughly at 4.33 million, with a slight edge given to Acer.
In all, IDC estimates that some 66.14 million computers were shipped during the quarter.
Apple is said to have dodged the price competition affecting other PC vendors, and benefitted from factors like the launch of the 12-inch Retina MacBook and a concentration of U.S. shipments. The company may also be riding on uncertainty around the launch of Windows 10, IDC remarked.
Concentrating on the U.S., Apple reportedly ranked third with just under 2.21 million units sold, beaten by HP and Dell but surpassing the likes of Lenovo and Toshiba.
Providing an alternate view, Gartner released its own research data, indicating that worldwide PC shipments fell 9.5 percent to 68.4 million units. The sharp drop is credited in large part to Microsoft, given last year's discontinuation of Windows XP spurring system sales, and computer makers holding inventory this year until Windows 10 becomes available. The OS is due to ship later this month.
Apple is not broken out as a specific vendor in Gartner's global figures, but they would still keep Lenovo, HP, and Dell in their leadership positions. ASUS however is ranked slightly higher than Acer with 4.65 million units versus 4.56 million.
On the American front Gartner is estimating only 1.92 million Macs sold, a dip of 2.5 percent year-over-year. The number puts Apple below Lenovo's 2 million, as well as HP and Dell.
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I see the new phone is coming out soon. And Apple has ordered a massive 90 million handsets for this iteration.
"Lenovo was founded in Beijing in 1984 as Legend and was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988. Lenovo acquired IBM's personal computer business in 2005 and agreed to acquire its Intel-based server business in 2014. Lenovo entered the smartphone market in 2012 and as of 2014 is the largest vendor of smartphones in Mainland China. In January 2014, Lenovo agreed to acquire the mobile phone handset maker Motorola Mobility from Google, and in October 2014 the deal was finalized."
I don't believe those numbers until Apple reports them in an after the fact financial statement. . . just like I don't believe IDC's numbers in this article.
I just ordered a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook. I’ve never been interested in Macs.
I’ve had this iMac going on five years.
No problems.
“I just ordered a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook. I’ve never been interested in Macs.”
Perhaps a confession thread on the Religion Forum would help unburden your soul?
Ouch !
“I’ve never been interested in Macs.”
Me, neither. I’ve got work to do. I can’t hang out at Starbuck$ and surf the web all day.
The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
You have a long journey ahead of you but do not worry, you will have support here.
Our family has a 15” retina MacBookPro. The hardware is amazing, but we both really disliked OSX. I keep it up to date, but we bootcamp into Win8.1.
After a few tweaks to eliminate that stupid Metro nonsense, we have a fantastic Windows machine. I groan at the golden handcuffs interface whenever I have to switch over to osx.
LOL! You're a piece of work...
Macs are the most versatile PC of any. MacOS is full-blown Unix, with multitasking far superior to Windows. Macs are widely used for software development due to their stability, superior multitasking, range of tools and quality.
The 5K iMac is a great value, and I expect it's helped to boost Apple's sales this quarter.
In the months before the release of a new version of Windows, sales always drop. That says nothing about the long term growth of the market.
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