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Apple claims No. 3 rank in domestic PC sales
New reports show mobile tablets are eating into personal computer sales, while Apple Inc.bizWatch Apple Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesBarnes & Noble at NMSU prepares to openAmazon plans iPad rival by October Follow this company has risen to No. 3 in the U.S. in that sector.
Research firm IDC said global PC shipments rose only 2.6 percent in the second quarter, compared to the 12 percent rise reported in the first quarter. Research rival Gartner Inc.bizWatch Gartner Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company put the second-quarter increase in shipments slightly lower at 2.3 percent, compared to the 6.7 percent rise it had projected for the period.
Both reported that Apple has passed AcerbizWatch Acer Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company Inc. and Toshiba Corp.bizWatch Toshiba Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company to become the third-biggest PC maker in the U.S., with 10.7 percent of the market. Gartner reported that Acer's share dropped nearly 23 percent from last year to 9.3 percent of this market while Toshiba edged up to get 9.6 percent of the market.
Hewlett-Packard CobizWatch Hewlett-Packard Co Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company . shipments slipped a bit but the company remained No. 1 in the U.S. with 26.9 percent of the market, according to Gartner.
Dell Inc.bizWatch Dell Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC salesApple climbs to No. 3 in US PC sales Follow this company still claimed the No. 2 position, but its share dropped nearly 10 percent. It still had 22.6 percent of the U.S. market.
Both reports cited the growing sales of tablets, led by the Apple iPad, as the reason for the slowing sales of PCs, making Apple a winner on both counts.
"Given the hype around media tablets such as the iPad, retailers were very conservative in placing orders for PCs," Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa wrote.
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2011/07/14/apple-claims-no-3-rank-in-domestic-pc.html?ana=yfcpc
New reports show mobile tablets are eating into personal computer sales, while Apple Inc.bizWatch Apple Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesBarnes & Noble at NMSU prepares to openAmazon plans iPad rival by October Follow this company has risen to No. 3 in the U.S. in that sector.
Research firm IDC said global PC shipments rose only 2.6 percent in the second quarter, compared to the 12 percent rise reported in the first quarter. Research rival Gartner Inc.bizWatch Gartner Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company put the second-quarter increase in shipments slightly lower at 2.3 percent, compared to the 6.7 percent rise it had projected for the period.
Both reported that Apple has passed AcerbizWatch Acer Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company Inc. and Toshiba Corp.bizWatch Toshiba Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company to become the third-biggest PC maker in the U.S., with 10.7 percent of the market. Gartner reported that Acer's share dropped nearly 23 percent from last year to 9.3 percent of this market while Toshiba edged up to get 9.6 percent of the market.
Hewlett-Packard CobizWatch Hewlett-Packard Co Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesLenovo at No. 3 in PC shipments behind Hewlett-Packard and DellApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC sales Follow this company . shipments slipped a bit but the company remained No. 1 in the U.S. with 26.9 percent of the market, according to Gartner.
Dell Inc.bizWatch Dell Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Apple rises to No. 3 in US PC salesApple rises to No. 3 in U.S. PC salesApple climbs to No. 3 in US PC sales Follow this company still claimed the No. 2 position, but its share dropped nearly 10 percent. It still had 22.6 percent of the U.S. market.
Both reports cited the growing sales of tablets, led by the Apple iPad, as the reason for the slowing sales of PCs, making Apple a winner on both counts.
"Given the hype around media tablets such as the iPad, retailers were very conservative in placing orders for PCs," Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa wrote.
http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2011/07/14/apple-claims-no-3-rank-in-domestic-pc.html?ana=yfcpc
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