Apple's 3rd calendar quarter of 2015 computer sales, in context
Figures are for worldwide computer sales (in thousands):
Q3 2015 Q3 2015 Market Q3 2014 Market ShpGrowth ShpGrowth Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments Share 2015/2014 2015/2005 ------- --------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- 1 Lenovo 14,937 21.05% 15,699 19.73% -4.85% 266.82% 2 Hewlett-Packard 13,905 19.59% 14,715 18.50% -5.50% 64.28% 3 Dell 10,120 14.26% 10,425 13.10% -2.93% 6.72% 4 Apple 5,709 8.04% 5,520 6.94% 3.42% 361.89% 5 Acer Group 4,997 7.04% 6,746 8.48% -25.93% 100.44% All Vendors 70,976 100.0% 79,558 100.0% -10.79% 34.40% 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 (08 Oct 2015)
Note the last column comparing shipment growth against the same quarter that I posted here ten years ago; this really shows your long-term winners (and Dell) in a way even year/year comparisons can't. |