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April 17, 2008

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Gartner and IDC reports indicate a continued upward trend in Mac sales

Posted Apr. 17, ’08, 10:56 AM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Business

Money TreeAccording to a preliminary report published by Gartner, Apple moved somewhere around 1.01 million Macs in the USA in the first quarter of 2008, a 32.5% year-over-year growth for the company—far higher than the rest of the industry, which experienced an average growth of 3% in the same quarter.

Dell came in a distant second with 15% year-over-year growth, a distinct surge in sales after their lackluster performance in 2007. When it comes to market share, Apple’s 6.6% of the US market is currently at the fourth position, trailing after Dell, HP and Acer.

In a similar report published by IDC, Apple’s current market share in the USA is estimated at 6%. Apple, according to IDC, sold 950,000 Macs in the first quarter of 2008, a 25.2% growth in year-over-year sales.

Both reports indicate that Apple’s steady sales increase has carried forward into 2008 and the company is way ahead of the competition in terms of year-over-year growth.

In other words, they’re raking in the moolah hand over fist, and now is as good a time as any to lay a class-action lawsuit for some trivial issue onto them, if you feel like it (MacUser doesn’t endorse it, however).

Apple’s own earnings call is scheduled to be webcast live at 2:00 p.m. Pacific on April 23 and Macworld will dutifully be live-blogging the event for your convenience, as always.

[Update: In the interests of full disclosure, it’s worth noting that IDC is owned by IDG, which also owns MacPublishing, which owns us. Also, we all reside on the planet Earth, breathe air, and enjoy a frosty mug of beer on occasion. -DM]


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