Apple’s share of the U.S. market rose to 13.6% for the third quarter on the strength of the back-to-school market, which is typically drives Apple’s best performing quarter. The figure allowed Apple to maintain its comfortable hold on the third position in the U.S. market behind HP and Dell and marks Apple’s best performance in recent years in beating out the company’s 12.5% share in the third quarter of 2011.

iPhone, iPad and the Mac. Good news all around for Apple these days (By “these days”, I mean the last decade).