Analyst company Gartner often tries to predict how electronics sales are doing across all manufacturers. Recently, its analysts took their computers to task and worked out an estimate of their sales for the 3rd quarter of this year, and it must be said that Apple did not do badly. Naturally, however, manufacturers with much cheaper devices nestaçil. So how were the sales?
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Analysts estimate that Apple Apple sold 5,1 million Macs in the quarter, down 5,3% from the 3,7 million sold in the same period last year. Market Share Applu was 7,5% in the third quarter, and 7,9% last year. The apple giant was the world's fourth largest in this segment. Dell was better with 11,3 million units sold, HP with 15,3 million and Lenovo with 16,8 million. All three of these companies also recorded a year-on-year increase in total sales. Under Applem, on the other hand, Asus and Acer ranked 10th. Analysts see the reason for the year-on-year declines in non-updated versions of the iMac, Mac Pro and iMac ProThe Mac decline is also said to be due to increased interest in PCs, as global PC sales grew 1,1% year-on-year in the quarter.
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IDC also showed its own perspective on the matter. Its analysts believe that AppApple fared slightly less well. They estimate that the tech giant sold 5 million Macs this quarter, compared to 5,3 million during the same period last year, a decrease of 6,1%. ProHowever, the number of computers with the bitten apple logo is expected to increase. This is helped by new models, including a brand new 16" MacBooku Pro. We'll see how sales turn out. Did you get a new Mac this quarter?
I think the iMac team would benefit from a faster update, Apple has been selling outdated HW for a long time.