IDC and Gartner have both released their reports for PC shipments for the third quarter today, and both firms say Apple grabbed a growing share of a declining PC market. Their estimates place Apple’s share of the U.S. market at 12.5% to 13.6%.
According to IDC’s numbers, Apple captured 12.5-percent of U.S. PC shipments in the third quarter. This is up from 11.8-percent in the same quarter last year. …Meanwhile, shipments for the U.S. market in total were down 12.4-percent. …In comparison, the same numbers from Gartner have the total market decline at 13.8-percent. Apple hit 13.6-percent of the U.S. market, where as it had a 12.5-percent estimate for Q3 2011.
Apple had a year-over-year decline of 7%, but market leaders HP and Dell posted declines of 18.8% and 16% respectively in their shipments.
Four of the top five PC makers in the U.S. experienced shipment declines, with Lenovo the only vendor in the top 5 to increase their shipment numbers. Both Acer and Toshiba’s shipment declined due to the tough consumer market.
