Apple's 1Q 2008 U.S. Market Share Up from 2007
Gartner has published a preliminary report on U.S. and worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter of 2008. According to Gartner's numbers, Apple placed fourth in U.S. marketshare at 6.6%, up from 5.2% in the first quarter of 2007. Apple's U.S. shipments increased 32.5% year-over-year, far outpacing the total industry shipment growth of 3.0%
Apple did not place in the top 5 vendors for worldwide PC shipments, where Toshiba held the fifth spot with a 4.3% market share. Worldwide, overall PC shipments grew by 12.3% year-over-year.
Previous Gartner reports had placed Apple with a 6.1 % U.S. market share for the fourth quarter of 2007, and 8.1% U.S. market share for the third quarter of 2007. Apple's numbers for the back-to-school third quarter traditionally benefit from its strong educational presence.
Apple did not place in the top 5 vendors for worldwide PC shipments, where Toshiba held the fifth spot with a 4.3% market share. Worldwide, overall PC shipments grew by 12.3% year-over-year.
Previous Gartner reports had placed Apple with a 6.1 % U.S. market share for the fourth quarter of 2007, and 8.1% U.S. market share for the third quarter of 2007. Apple's numbers for the back-to-school third quarter traditionally benefit from its strong educational presence.
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50 months ago
should be good news for AAPL stock... :)
surprised DELL doing so well, srtrong growth-I have to see how they rate worldwide....
interesting that Acer taking a dip - i guess all those $399 celeron notebooks at MicroCenter are gathering non-internet web
surprised DELL doing so well, srtrong growth-I have to see how they rate worldwide....
interesting that Acer taking a dip - i guess all those $399 celeron notebooks at MicroCenter are gathering non-internet web
50 months ago
should be good news for AAPL stock... :)
surprised DELL doing so well, srtrong growth-I have to see how they rate worldwide....
That surprised me too - the last 5 Dells we bought at work all had problems within a month and the last 10 out of 10 service calls Dell replaced the problem with another bad part.
I guess there's a sucker born every minute...
50 months ago
Of even more interest, if you back out Apple's sales, the industry as a whole grew only 1.4% year-over-year. Looked at another way, Apple is responsible for over half of the entire industry's growth during this period!
50 months ago
Well if Apple can keep it up, they'd be THIRD by next year, which is pretty big. AND by 2010, Apple may crack 10% market share, another huge milestone.
Not bad for a company with overpriced hardware and minimal corporate presence.
Not bad for a company with overpriced hardware and minimal corporate presence.
50 months ago
Splendid... Let's see some positive stuff come out of this...
(ie more 3pp products to buy for my mac!) ^^
(ie more 3pp products to buy for my mac!) ^^
50 months ago
Of even more interest, if you back out Apple's sales, the industry as a whole grew only 1.4% year-over-year. Looked at another way, Apple is responsible for over half of the entire industry's growth during this period!
Good spot. That is a better headline.
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