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Apple Sees U.S. Mac Shipments Drop 2.5% in 2Q15 Amid Larger Worldwide PC Shipment Decline

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Amid a decline in both U.S. and worldwide PC shipments, Apple has also seen a slight drop in its U.S. PC shipments in 2Q15, according to shipping estimates released today from Gartner. Apple shipped 1.92 million PCs during the second quarter of 2015, down from 1.97 million in 2Q14, marking a 2.5 percent decline.

Overall PC growth in the United States during the quarter was down 5.8 percent, with total estimated shipments at 15.1 million, down from 16 million in the year-ago quarter. With the exception of Lenovo, all of the top U.S. PC vendors saw declines in growth.
In the U.S., PC shipments totaled 15.1 million units in the second quarter of 2015, a 5.8 percent decline from the second quarter of 2014 (see Table 2). The decline was led by a double-digit decline of desk-based shipments, which offset single-digit growth of mobile PCs. Based on preliminary results, the desk-based PC shipment decline was the steepest since 2009 when the market was hit by the economic crisis.
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During the quarter, Apple captured 12.7 percent of the market, up from 12.3 percent in 2Q14. Apple was ranked as the fourth largest PC vendor in the United States in 2Q15, based on Gartner's estimates, trailing behind HP, Dell, and Lenovo.

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Gartner's Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2Q15 (Thousands of Units)​

Market leader HP shipped nearly 4 million PCs during the quarter for a 26.2 percent share of the market, while Dell shipped 3.9 million for a 25.6 percent share of the market. Lenovo came in just ahead of Apple with 2 million PC shipments and 13.3 percent of the market, while Asus brought up the rear with shipments of 767,000 and a 5.1 percent share of the market.

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Apple's U.S. Market Share Trend: 1Q06-2Q15 (Gartner)​

IDC has also released its own estimates of Apple's U.S. PC shipments during 2Q15, which are quite different from Gartner's estimates. According to IDC, overall U.S. PC shipments totaled 16.4 million, a 3.3 percent decline from 2Q14's 17 million.

According to IDC, Apple shipped 2.2 million PCs during the quarter, for 13.5 percent market share and 11.9 percent growth year over year. Gartner and IDC often have different numbers because each company counts different products in their PC totals.

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Apple does not rank as one of the top five worldwide vendors in Gartner's data, which ranks Acer and ASUS above Apple, but in IDC's data, Apple ranks higher than Acer/ASUS and is counted as the number four worldwide PC vendor. IDC's data suggests that Apple's worldwide PC marketshare climbed to 7.8 percent in 2Q15 with 5.14 million shipments, while Gartner's data suggests Acer was the number five worldwide PC vendor with 4.5 million shipments.

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According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments during 2Q15 totaled 68.4 million units, a 9.5 percent decrease from 2Q14. IDC's estimates, meanwhile, point towards 66.1 million shipments during the quarter, a 11.8 percent drop from the year-ago quarter.

It's important to note that data from Gartner and IDC is preliminary and that the numbers can shift somewhat, sometimes dramatically. Last year, for example, Gartner predicted Apple shipments of 1.68 million and 10.6 percent market share in 2Q14, a number that was later revised to 1.97 million shipments and 12.3 percent market share.

Update 2:40 PM PT: We've updated this post to add data from IDC.

Article Link: Apple Sees U.S. Mac Shipments Drop 2.5% in 2Q15 Amid Larger Worldwide PC Shipment Decline
 
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Eh. They seem to have been outgrowing the PC industry, so you can hardly blame lack of great products as the reason. I guess this is the normal eb and flow of the market. It can't grow every quarter, after all.
 
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During the quarter, Apple captured 12.7 percent of the market, down from 12.3 percent in 2Q14.

They went up in market share of the quarter, not down. It's 12.7% this year, up from 12.3% last year.
 
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Still great sales. I look forward to Apple's new lineup, but I hope they don't keep pursing thinness on their "Pro" devices until technology allows it.
 
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tubular said:
Also having some trouble with this: "During the quarter, Apple captured 12.7 percent of the market, down from 12.3 percent in 2Q14."
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Was a typo. Fixed now. Shipments are down, market share slightly up.
 
MacHiavelli said:
Intel delays have held up everything. Dump Intel.
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Intel is going to take their sweet ass time. They've got no real competition in the PC industry.

Unless Apple is secretly been leading a double life with ARM, but I don't think they've ARM has anything to run with the CPU's in the higher end MBP and MP's.
 
Dwalls90 said:
Intel is going to take their sweet ass time. They've got no real competition in the PC industry.

Unless Apple is secretly been leading a double life with ARM, but I don't think they've ARM has anything to run with the CPU's in the higher end MBP and MP's.
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The Air 2 has roughly the same performance as a 2011 MacBook Air because of the A8X. You think Apple doesn't have OS X running natively on it?
 
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Just keep supporting your computers Apple. My MBPr is one of the few things you couldn't pry from my cold dead hands.
 
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