Mac vs PC – 4Q 2011
In the 4th quarter of 2011, shipments of Windows-based PCs (from makers like HP, Dell, Toshiba and Acer) were down cumulatively 8.5% while Mac shipments for the same period were up 20.7%. The Small Wave reports this as well as clearing up the original data from Gartner which was misleading and showed the PC numbers to be much better than they actually were. (Gartner lumped Apple’s numbers in with the rest of the industry, which effectively propped up the Windows PC segment and made their decline appear to be less than it was.)
If you truly want to know how Apple did in the US on its own against “PCs”, you must subtract it from the latter’s numbers. Here’s what you get:
- Total 4Q11: 15,854,964
- Total 4Q10: 17,342,605
- 4Q11-4Q10 Growth: -8.5
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