Just shy of a year ago, I wrote about Apple’s place in the US market:
And with the way Gateway has been slipping, well, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Apple hit #3 sometime in the next few years. The numbers do speak for themselves: consider that in the last quarter Apple showed 15.4% growth year-over-year. Dell? 6.3%.According to sales estimates from IDC, Apple’s now tied Gateway for number three in terms of market share: both are holding 5.6%. Gateway has just barely edged out Apple when it comes to units shipped, shipping 965,000 to Apple’s 960,000, but if you look at the growth numbers year-over-year, it would seem that Apple is on the cusp of overtaking: Apple’s grown 26.2% since the second quarter of last year, whereas Gateway has experienced negative growth to the tune of -7.1%.
While Dell still holds the top spot, with a 28.4% market share and almost five million units shipped, HP’s snapping at their heels, having shipped 4 million units with a healthy 23.6% share. And, again, if you look at the growth numbers, HP comes out a head, with a 26% growth year-over-year to Dell’s -10.7%.
In both cases, it looks like a shakeup is bound to ensue within the next calendar year. While Apple has a long way to go before reaching the level of Dell and HP, the bronze is nothing to sneeze at.
