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Apple climbs to number three in the US, growing nine times the PC market

Gartner's latest research shows continued growth for the Macintosh platform at a rate far exceeding the PC world in general - at least in the US.  IDC research largely backs this data up.

The most staggering numbers for the Macintosh platform come from the US where Apple again outgained the industry as a whole.  In Q2  Mac sales gained at a rate nine times the PC - 4% to 36%.

Although Apple is in the process of passing Acer (and the Packard Bell and Gateway subsidiaries), it is still a third to a quarter the size of Dell and HP.

What would happen if you included iPod touches and iPhones in this matrix?  We know Apple sold 1 million iPhones last weekend.  I am not sure if Apple would pass HP or Dell but it would be very close.

US Market Share 2Q-2008 vs. 2Q-2007

 

Apple still hasn't made a big dent in the Global market share coming in below fifth place at under 4.4%.  Apple's gains weren't reported by either organization so we don't know for sure how close they are to the leaders.

Global Market Share 2Q-2008 vs. 2Q-2007

Again, another very heathy quarter for Apple in a very tumultuaous global economy.

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