∞ Apple increases U.S. computer market share, at 8.8 percent

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Apple grew its U.S. computer market share, finishing the third-quarter of 2009 with 8.8 percent share.

Apple’s most recent numbers grew 6.8 percent over the third-quarter of 2008, where the market share was at 8.6 percent. According to market research firm Gartner, Apple sold more than 1.572 million Macs in the third-quarter of 2009 compared to 1.471 million in the same quarter of 2008.

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Dell remained in the No. 1 position, although its market share decreased by 8.9 percent. Dell sold 4.668 million computers during the quarter. HP top the No. 2 spot while Acer finished in third.

Apple finished in fourth overall, with Toshiba rounding out the top five.

This is the first quarter where PC shipments have increased. For all companies, total shipments grew 3.9 percent.

“These are good results especially given that PC shipments for the third quarter of 2009 are being compared to a very strong third quarter from 2008,” said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner. “Sequentially, third quarter shipments grew 18 percent, which is higher than the historical seasonal growth from the second to third quarter.”


  • Rick

    Am I missing something, Jim? I don’t see Apple in that table.

  • Jim Dalrymple

    Sorry about that. I put in the wrong chart. Fixed.

  • Eric

    According to numbers I’m seeing, Apple sold 2.5 million Macs in 3rd Quarter 2008. Where is Gartner getting their numbers?

    There’s no way they could accidentally get a number a million short.

    http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/07/apple-q3-2008-iphones-short-ipods-flat-macs-unstoppable.ars

    • Eric

      Never mind, I was quoting world-wide numbers. :P

      • Jim Dalrymple

        ROTFL

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    Anybody have any updated figures? I heard that there are more phones on the market now that run Android than run the iPhone OS. Is Apple losing market share in the smartphone arena?

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    Thanks for it but I have a confusion.I think that in this table Sony and apple are missing.

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    Ya i herd about android phones out selling Iphones, which is no surprise since most smart phones now run OS android.

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    Apple is continuing to grow early, will their empire ever cease to grow!?

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    That is pretty impressive i must say!! Apple continues to grow continually!!

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    Apple is putting up some great numbers and they dont show any signs of slowing down!!

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    So are these accurate numbers or not? I guess I’m not really in the loop.

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    As long as apple continues in their performance and as long as people continue seeing their product as great, their numbers will only continue increasing.

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    I had no idea Dell has been doing so well with their computers. I hardly ever see Dells now days, is it due to business that buy them?!

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    I can’t believe Dell owns the PC world!!

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    I think Apple shares will again rise this year with the new ipad 2 being released and the iphone 5 coming later this summer.

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    apple continues to grow..what is new?!