Apple Slips to Fourth in Worldwide PC Sales With iPad Included

[MacRumors]

Research firm Canalys today reported its data for worldwide first quarter PC shipments, pegging Apple in fourth place with 9.5% of the market when tablets such as the iPad are included in the calculation. Apple slipped one notch from its third-place finish in the fourth quarter of 2010 as the company shipped fewer-than-expected iPads to begin the year as it cleared existing inventory of the first-generation models and sought to ramp up production on second-generation models.

With the iPad being added to the mix, Canalys calculates Apple's year-over-year growth for the quarter at nearly 188%, but down 31% from the previous quarter.Apple continued with its strategy to dominate the pad market, with the iPad or iPad 2 available in 59 markets by the end of Q1. A combination of strong Q4 sales and the announcement of the iPad 2's launch across major markets at the end of March contributed to Apple's iPad shipments being down 31% sequentially. The full impact of the iPad 2 launch will not register until subsequent quarters, as Apple gets the product into the hands of consumers. While pad sales continued to lift Apple's results, PC vendors with a focus on the consumer netbook and notebook market, such as Acer and Asus, did not fare so well.Canalys reports that a total of 6.4 million "pad" devices were shipped during the quarter, with Apple accounting for 74% of the total.

Article Link: Apple Slips to Fourth in Worldwide PC Sales With iPad Included

 

[miles01110]

Surprise. The major enterprise players take the top three spots.

 

[kolax]

Guessing 2012 see Apple shift up again? Redesigned MacBook Pro's, retina display iPad 3..

 

[Lesser Evets]

188% growth... that's impressive.

 

[Eduardo1971]

Surprise. The major enterprise players take the top three spots.

Agree. Too bad the iMac never took off in the enterprise sector. I remember when I was going to the university in the 90's I saw plenty of macs all around campus. Now the times I've gone all I see are Dell's, and HP's.

 

[iekozz]

However the iPad is not a pc, so this report is a bit on the Apple side here.

 

[Tundraboy]

No surprise the iPad is just a fad and people are starting to realize how limited it is. Its frustrating on a lot of cool websites and no file system makes it very limited.

 

[Bernard SG]

Q2 figures will tell a different story, I would bet.

 

[840quadra]

Actually iPad sales were most likely down due to people waiting in expectation of the new model, and that new model not having enough units to satisfy demand.

Regardless, it still was strong sales for Apple, and other manufacturers. Good sign in this economy right now to be honest.

 

[OllyW]

188% growth... that's impressive.

Almost all of that is due to the iPad. They had around 4% of the global market for computers last year.

 

[iOS v Android]

Make up your mind what you want to count iPads as. Damn is it a mobile device a computer. Someone give them a ****ing category already.

 

[Ivan0310]

Help me out here

Am I missing something with the title of this article? I don't see that Apple has 'slipped' to 4th place but instead that they increased their standing from 5th place overall due to iPad sales.

 

[OllyW]

Agree. Too bad the iMac never took off in the enterprise sector. I remember when I was going to the university in the 90's I saw plenty of macs all around campus. Now the times I've gone all I see are Dell's, and HP's.

As good as it is, the iMac is too expensive to compete in that market.

 

[Lesser Evets]

Almost all of that is due to the iPad. They had around 4% of the global market for computers last year.

And growth is bad?

 

[Andronicus]

I dont think iPads should be included. A computer shouldn't need a computer to be usable.

 

[callme]

No surprise the iPad is just a fad and people are starting to realize how limited it is. Its frustrating on a lot of cool websites and no file system makes it very limited.

Stuck record! Same old comment, still not true.

They can sell as many as they can make, production is the limiting factor at the moment NOT lack of demand.

 

[ChazUK]

Make up your mind what you want to count iPads as. Damn is it a mobile device a computer. Someone give them a ****ing category already.

I wonder if those people who complain about iPads not being included in smart phone market share will also complain that the iPad is included in pc sales market share?

 

[Ivan0310]

I dont think iPads should be included. A computer shouldn't need a computer to be usable.

Agreed. I disagree completely with Steve & Co. when they refer to this or any other of their mobile devices as a 'Post-PC' device. Something that is 'after' the PC shouldn't rely on one (in large or small part) in order to function.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

No surprise the iPad is just a fad and people are starting to realize how limited it is. Its frustrating on a lot of cool websites and no file system makes it very limited.

You apparently missed the part of the report that says:

A combination of strong Q4 sales and the announcement of the iPad 2's launch across major markets at the end of March contributed to Apple's iPad shipments being down 31% sequentially. The full impact of the iPad 2 launch will not register until subsequent quarters, as Apple gets the product into the hands of consumers.

Interpretation in english:

Two major factors contributing to the sequential decline of iPad sales this quarter:

1) A lot of consumers received an iPad 1 as a holiday gift and did not need a 2 and

2) Apple's larger multi-country launch caused inventory constraint and Apple was unable to sell more because they didn't have any excess to sell; i.e., it's a really popular device and we anticipate that being reflected in next quarter's sales report.

 

[D4F]

Next year you will see iPhones and iPods counted too. I mean you need to do all you can to make it look good to shareholders.

 

[OllyW]

Am I missing something with the title of this article? I don't see that Apple has 'slipped' to 4th place but instead that they have strengthened their 4th place standing overall due to iPad sales.

But they weren't in 4th place last year before the iPad went on sale.

Take away the iPad sales and I doubt if they would even make the top 5. They haven't managed to get that high in Gartner's standings which doesn't include the iPad.

 

[*LTD*]

No surprise the iPad is just a fad and people are starting to realize how limited it is. Its frustrating on a lot of cool websites and no file system makes it very limited.

The very second Apple Stores receive shipments of this fad, they're gone. I can't get a fad at the moment because everyone else and their dog buys them before I have a chance.

 

[kas23]

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I dont think iPads should be included. A computer shouldn't need a computer to be usable.

I fully agree with this. It's not a full-fledged computer.

As for the slip to 4th, so much for the end of the netbook market. In fact, I can see myself buying a netbook in addition to my iPad 2 because there are a bunch of functions a netbook can do that an iPad cannot (such as adding and editing music into iBooks and Stanza, downloading music and placing them into iPod app, obtaining files without an Internet connection or iTunes - a USB, etc.)

 

[Steve121178]

Guessing 2012 see Apple shift up again? Redesigned MacBook Pro's, retina display iPad 3..

Doubtful. Windows 8 = large PC sales as people choose to upgrade etc

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Next year you will see iPhones and iPods counted too. I mean you need to do all you can to make it look good to shareholders.

Apple just point blank told shareholders that last Q more than half it's profits came from the iOS devices. That is no secret. I would further argue that Apple shareholders own the stock because of the growth of iOS, not OS X. AAPL was a worthless stock until the iPod and all it's siblings took hold of the modern culture. Mac sales are just a bonus now.