Macs near 7% online market share

In aggregate, Mac OS X has achieved nearly 7% of the online market share according to statistics from Net Applications. The "MacIntel" platform garnered 3.59 percent, while the "Mac OS" platform garnered 3.22 percent, for a total of 6.81 percent. Meanwhile, the iPhone appeared on the list, besting Windows CE for a .09 percent share of the online market. Windows XP topped the listing, carrying over 78 percent of the online market. Windows Vista was a distant second, with just over 9 percent. Earlier this year, analysis firm IDC revealed that Apple's share of the US personal computer market grew 26.2 percent year-over-year, pegging the company as the 4th largest vendor in terms of unit shipments with 5.6 percent of the market.

IDC's channel checks showed that Apple moved 960,000 Macs in the second quarter, compared with 600,000 Macs (representing 3.8 percent market share) in the year-ago quarter. Dell topped IDC's list of US vendors, shipping 4.8 million PCs in the quarter and achieving 28.4 percent market share. Dell's unit shipments shrank nearly 11 market share year-over-year, however. HP, meanwhile, nearly matched Apple's growth with a 26 percent year-over-year growth in market share, taking the number 2 spot with 23.6 percent of the market.

A previous market share report from NPD Data showed that Apple's online and retail sales grow to 13 percent of the overall consumer market during May, up more than 12 percent from its 11.6 percent share in April. The company's notebook sales saw an even more impressive gain, rising to 14.3 percent from 12.5 percent in April.

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