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07/16/2008, 5:10pm, EDT
Wednesday, July 16th
Apple edges Acer for No. 3 US PC vendor
Research firm IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments grew at 15 percent in the second quarter of 2008. The quarter also saw Apple roughly tie Acer in the US market, assuming fourth place and missing third place by only a few thousand units. Demand in the United States suffered from the ongoing economic pressure, with rowth in the low single-digits. Dell continued its recovery with another quarter of double-digit growth, while HP saw year on year growth rise from the first quarter. Portable adoption continues to be a key driver, even though consumer share is generally at its lowest during the second quarter.
The Japan market remained sluggish overall, although growth in mid-single digits was up from the first quarter with contributions from both consumer and commercial segments. HP remains the worldwide market leader with solid growth of 16.8%. Acer continued to expand worldwide shipments by roughly 64% year on year for a second consecutive quarter. Lenovo remained strong, while gains in other markets improved.
Filed under: Apple
Other story tags: Dell, Acer, market, research, 2008, market share, first quarter, research firm
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contradiction
Headline: "Apple edges Acer for No. 3 US PC vendor"
Text: "The quarter also saw Apple roughly tie Acer in the US market, assuming fourth place and missing third place by only a few thousand units."
Is it just me, or do these two statements contradict?
re: contradiction....
It's not you.....
Macnn gets it arseways as per usual....
Wishful
thinking.
not to insult. . .
but, my God, who is editing here or is MacNN hurriedly done by one guy in his basement? It seems like they constantly make malaprops and wangdoodles.
wow
I thought I read Apple hit no 4 in worldwide earlier, must have been a reposting of this article instead.
But did you notice that actually Acer surpassed Apple in the quarter over last year (percentage wise)? I didn't even know Acer was still making computers, and yet somehow sold 1.3 million computers and increased sales 50%.
and
did you know you can't make a post with a 'pound' sign in it?