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Tag: Mac unit sales estimates

Once again, IDC and Gartner were both quite wrong in estimating Apple’s Q4 Mac shipments

Monday, November 26, 2018 10:27 amMonday, November 26, 201812 Comments

Two research groups that estimate global PC shipments not only served up incorrect data as fact…

Gartner: Apple Mac posts 1.5% growth as worldwide PC shipments drop 1.4% in Q118

Thursday, April 12, 2018 4:25 pmThursday, April 12, 20189 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 61.7 million units in the first quarter of 2018…

Apple’s exposes IDC’s and Gartner’s flawed Mac unit sales estimates

Friday, November 3, 2017 2:09 pm11 Comments

Two industry surveys didn’t come close to estimating Apple’s Mac unit sales accurately…

Gartner: PC Shipments hit 9-year low as Apple grows Mac shipments

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:25 pmTuesday, April 12, 20167 Comments

Research firm Gartner this afternoon reported that personal computer sales in Q1 dropped 9.6%,…

IDC: Apple Mac moves up to 4th place in worldwide PC market share; continues to outperform the market

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 9:29 amTuesday, April 12, 20168 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60.6 million units in the first quarter of 2016…

KGI estimates up to 75M iPhone, 15.5M iPad, 5.6M Mac, and 4M Apple Watch sales in holiday quarter

Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:58 amThursday, October 22, 201510 Comments

The analyst expects iPad Pro shipments to be around 2 million in this year’s holiday quarter…

Mac sales slowest in two years, but still well ahead of the rest of the PC industry

Friday, October 9, 2015 12:55 pmFriday, October 9, 201525 Comments

Ahead of new retina 4K iMac and likley accessories launch next week, Apple sold…

Gartner: Apple Mac keeps gaining share as Windows PC sales continue decline

Thursday, October 8, 2015 6:33 pm24 Comments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 73.7 million units in the third quarter of 2015, a 7.7 percent decline…

PC shipments plunge, but Apple Mac sales surge

Friday, July 10, 2015 10:36 am19 Comments

Fewer and fewer people are buying PCs, unless they are made by Apple…

IDC: Mac sales up 16.1% in June quarter as PC industry shrinks 11.8 percent

Thursday, July 9, 2015 5:32 pmThursday, July 9, 201523 Comments

Continuing to buck trends, Mac sales rose 16.1 percent year-over-year…

Gartner and IDC trumpet wildly incongruous Mac unit sales estimates

Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:32 pmTuesday, May 7, 201316 Comments

The two leading high tech market research firms have done it again…

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