Apple Sold Around 20M Macs Last Year, Rises to Become World’s Fourth-Largest PC Maker
According to estimates from Gartner and IDC, Apple became the world's fourth-largest PC maker having sold over 20 million Macs last year. The report notes that Apple sold approximately 13.9 million units in the first three calendar quarters of the year. Gartner and IDC estimate that Apple sold between 5.4 and 5.7 million Macs in...
Macs Outpaced the Global PC Market by 25% in Last Quarter
Analyst Charlie Wolf with Needham & Company has highlighted Apple's massively successful holiday quarter, revealing that Macs outpaced the worldwide PC market by almost 25% last quarter, which marks the largest margin between the two in past 5 years, AppleInsider is reporting. Wolf notes that Apple's notebook and desktop shipments grew 18.1% in the December 2013 quarter, outpacing...
Tablets Represent 50% of Global PC Market, Apple Remains on Top [Canalys]
According to the latest numbers from analyst firm Canalys, the worldwide PC market grew 17.9% during the fourth quarter of 2013, with tablets representing 48.3% of the total market. Global tablet shipments grew 65.2% year-on-year to reach 76.3 million units with Apple remaining the market leader, shipping 30.9 million units to take a 19.5% share of the global PC market....