Apple Sales and Marketshare Up (IDC)

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Echoing a previous report indicating that Apple's sales numbers and marketshare are on the rise, IDC reported that worldwide PC shipments were up by more than 17% this past quarter.

With it Apple saw a 44.6% increase year-over-year. Raising its US marketshare percentage from 3.3% to 4.3% based on IDC's numbers.

Investor's Business Daily attributes this rise in marketshare to a "halo effect" from the iPod spilling over into Macintosh sales.

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