| Apple's 3rd calendar quarter of 2016 computer sales, in context 
 Figures are for worldwide computer sales (in thousands):
 
 Q3 2016                   Q3 2016    Market   Q3 2015    Market   ShpGrowth  ShpGrowthRank     Vendor           Shipments  Share    Shipments  Share    2016/2015  2016/2005
 -------  ---------------  ---------  -------  ---------  -------  ---------  ---------
 1        Lenovo            14,511     21.34%   14,990     21.19%    -3.20%    310.50%
 2        Hewlett-Packard   14,392     21.17%   13,926     19.69%     3.35%     98.48%
 3        Dell              10,751     15.81%   10,120     14.31%     6.24%     13.37%
 4        Apple              4,886      7.19%    5,709      8.07%   -14.42%    295.31%
 5        ASUS               4,693      6.90%    4,460      6.31%     5.22%      N/A
 All Vendors       67,999    100.0%    70,737    100.0%     -3.87%     28.76%
 Notes:
 
 1. Figures for Apple are actual unit shipments for the periods, obtained from   investor.apple.com
 2. Figures for all other manufacturers are "preliminary estimates" from   IDC (11 Oct 2016)
 
 Note the last column comparing shipment growth against the same quarter that  I posted here eleven years ago; this really shows your long-term winners in a way even year/year comparisons can't.
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