http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/14/two.leaders.nearly.tied.in.us.distribution.numbers/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/delllatitudez.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dell's computer shipments have continued a steep decline, as competitors including Acer, Toshiba and Apple have gained market share. The latest data from research firm Gartner appears to corroborate many points from an earlier report issued from IDC.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/14/two.leaders.nearly.tied.in.us.distribution.numbers/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/net.apps.web.share.aug.09/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/firefox-ie.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mozilla's Firefox browser cut significantly into Microsoft's market share of web browsers in August, data from Net Applications shows. Its increase to 22.98 percent of the market wasn't an absolute high but resulted in Internet Explorer reaching an all-time low of 66.97 percent, a sharp fall from 67.68 percent just a month earlier. Other browsers also made inroads, as Google Chrome climbed to 2.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/net.apps.web.share.aug.09/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/03/mac.market.share.reduced/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/sharesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Net Applications has revised its web share reports to improve the accuracy of its findings, although the adjustments have drastically changed the data, according to Fortune. Despite a report issued late last year that showed Mac web share growing to 8.9 percent, the latest report for July has reduced the number down to 4.9 percent.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/03/mac.market.share.reduced/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/01/apple.1.uk.education/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/appleeducation.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Second-quarter sales figures show Apple growing its lead in Western Europe's education market, with a 19.2 percent market share for CPUs and servers. Apple also continues to be the top education computer manufacturer in the UK, retaining its lead in notebook sales, and taking the lead from Dell in desktops. Gartner Research figures put Apple's education market share in the UK at 17.2 percent, acco... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/01/apple.1.uk.education/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/apple.edges.acer.for.no.3/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/asuseeepc901-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />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... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/apple.edges.acer.for.no.3/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/27/global.pc.shipments/ <img align='left' src='http://images3.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/dellmininotebook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite tough overall economic conditions, the market for personal computers remained strong in the first quarter of 2008 according to iSuppli. Global PC unit shipments rose to 69.9 million units in the first quarter, up 12.1 percent from 62.4 million in the first quarter of 2007. Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and Acer Inc. retained the top-three rankings with no change from the previous quarter... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/27/global.pc.shipments/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/19/apple.share.at.66.percent/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/applestoreboston-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's overall market share for computers sits at around 14-percent, but when narrowed down to only contrast sales of higher-end PCs costing over $1000 ñ since only the venerable Mac Mini typically costs less ñthat number skyrockets to 66-percent. eWEEK's Joe Wilcox writes that the NPD analyst group discovered that as the PC desktop market is down about 25-percent, with laptop sales flat, Apple h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/19/apple.share.at.66.percent/ Mon, 19 May 2008 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/music.and.retail.grow/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/app_080303_storeintsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Music products and services made up 36-percent of Apple's second quarter, while revenue in the companyís retail stores grew dramatically, with over 33.7 million visitors to its 208 stores over the quarter. Apple reports that it sold 10.6 million iPods, up 1-percent from the year ago quarter, which reflects the same seasonal rate of decline which it observed from last year's December quarter. Overa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/music.and.retail.grow/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/apple.shares.up.45/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Shares of Apple Computer Inc. are up $6.51 to $161 near the end of trading on friday, representing a gain of 4.21 percent. The uptick could be due, at least in part, to strong market share gains posted by the company in recent surveys from various research firms. Apple saw the biggest gain among the top 5 vendors in the U.S. market according to Gartner, enjoying strong retail sales coupled with "d... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/apple.shares.up.45/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/mac.and.iphone.share/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/3-market-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's collective market share is rising, according to a web traffic report posted by Net Applications, citing that Mac computers have about 7.46-percent share, and iPhones claim 0.14-percent. Windows sits on top of the list at 91.58-percent, which has slowly eroded from 92.91-percent in the year prior. The iPhone was listed as having a higher marketshare than that of the Playstation 3, Sun OS, N... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/mac.and.iphone.share/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:45:00 GMT