Apple's Mac Shipments Grew in Q2 2022 Amid Continued Worldwide PC Shipment Decline

[MacRumors]

Apple's worldwide Mac shipments were up in the second quarter of 2022, according to new PC shipping estimates shared today by Gartner. Apple shipped an estimated 6.4 million Macs during the quarter, up from 5.8 million in the year-ago quarter, marking 9.3 percent year-over-year growth.

Gartner's Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2Q22 (Thousands of Units)
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Apple continued to be the number four vendor during the quarter with 8.8 percent market share. Apple continued to trail behind Lenovo, HP, and Dell, with 17.9 million, 13.5 million, and 13.3 million shipments, respectively. Acer and ASUS trailed behind Apple with 5.1 million and 4.7 million PCs shipped, respectively.

Mac shipments were up despite severe supply constraints that saw some MacBook Pro models delayed for multiple weeks or even months, and Apple was the only vendor to see positive growth. All other PC vendors saw a decline in shipments during the quarter due to supply chain issues.

Apple's Market Share Trend: 1Q06-2Q22 (Gartner)​

Overall, there were an estimated 72 million PCs shipped during the quarter, down from 82.4 million in the year-ago quarter, a decline of 12.6 percent. Gartner says that this is the sharpest decline the global PC market has seen in nine years.

In the United States, Apple shipped an estimated 3.1 million Macs in Q2 2022, up 19.5 percent from the 2.6 million it shipped in the first quarter of 2021. Dell, HP, and Lenovo beat out Apple in terms of shipments, selling 5.6, 4.6, and 3.4 million PCs, respectively.

Gartner's Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2Q22 (Thousands of Units)​

IDC released its own shipping estimates this morning, painting a more grim picture of Apple's Mac sales during the quarter. According to IDC, Apple shipped just 4.8 million Macs in Q2 2022, marking a year-over-year decline of 22.5 percent. IDC believes that overall PC shipments were down a total of 15.3 percent during the quarter.

Data shared by Gartner and IDC is estimated and not necessarily reflective of Apple's actual sales, and the numbers tend to fluctuate quite a bit over time, which is why the estimates are so different. Estimated data used to be able to be confirmed when Apple provided quarterly earnings results with actual Mac sales information, but Apple no longer breaks out unit sales for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, making it impossible to determine exact sales numbers.

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[Danfango]

Apple are shipping the only computers that don't stink at the moment.

Source: Knee deep in corporate Lenovo, HP and Dell kit at the moment and it's all trash.

 

[Rafterman]

I prefer Macs myself, but 8 percent is not great. Macs are still a niche product.

 

[jz0309]

M1Pro/Max/Ultra available compared to a year ago, of course Apple sells more…

 

[ilikewhey]

not surprised, hard to find wintel appealing when the base m1 is more than good enough for 99% of folks out there. only folks getting shafted are ones like my brother who needs a x86 processing cause their field related application doesn't support arm architecture.

 

[djcerla]

40 yesrs later, the Mac just got started.

 

[Rafterman]

Apple are shipping the only computers that don't stink at the moment.

Source: Knee deep in corporate Lenovo, HP and Dell kit at the moment and it's all trash.

I disagree. I have an HP gaming laptop with 8 core i7, 64GB RAM, GX 1070 graphics and 10TB of SD storage and its pretty good, as is a Surface Pro 8 I use. The HP is easy to upgrade RAM and two SD M.2 storage bays. Though my favorite is still my Intel Mac, also 64GB/8TB. That's why I am not anxious to get into M1 yet, too expensive to upgrade.

 

[Danfango]

I disagree. I have an HP gaming laptop with 8 core i7, 64GB RAM, GX 1070 graphics and 10TB of SD storage and its pretty good, as is a Surface Pro 8 I use. The HP is easy to upgrade RAM and two SD M.2 storage bays. Though my favorite is still my Intel Mac, also 64GB/8TB. That's why I am not anxious to get into M1 yet, too expensive to upgrade.

I've got a high end Dell with i7 and 64Gb RAM and an RTX graphics option. The damn thing is unusable. It sits there with the fans on flat out and the battery lasts 3 hours if you're lucky. And on top of that my absolute bottom end MBP 14" M1pro is actually faster at compilation workloads, the battery lasts 12 hours heavy use and it doesn't attempt to cook my genitals.

The high end Intel stuff is absolute garbage.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

doesn't attempt to cook my genitals.

Some people may consider that a feature though when it does that. Not me, but some people.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

not surprised, hard to find wintel appealing when the base m1 is more than good enough for 99% of folks out there. only folks getting shafted are ones like my brother who needs a x86 processing cause their field related application doesn't support arm architecture.

Yeah, Windows is so unappealing… ONLY sold around 55 million in the QUARTER… which is more Macs than will sell this year. Don’t let marketshare numbers fool you. When Apple’s marketshare increases, it’s not because folks bought substantially more Macs, it’s because one of the PC makers flubbed a quarter. Apple has been doing well in recent quarters, but it remains to be seen if that turns into a true upward trend (30 million a year) or just a spike which drops them right back in the 20 million range.

 

[Shirasaki]

Now I have to wonder, where are those 99% of people who are perfectly serviceable by base line M1 MacBook Air? Wouldn’t they just flock and buy MacBook Air and ditch there whatever when upgrading? Or they just move to another windows pc or Chromebook?

If Apple keeps shipping more and more Mac amid decline, we should see 50% marketshare worldwide in no time, right?

 

[anshuvorty]

The only conclusion that we can draw from this?

• People like their ARM-powered Macs!

Apple did a hell of a job porting their drivers to work with ARM and also their Rossetta 2 emulation software works like magic. No issues at all. Makes switching all the more seamless and without 2nd guessing yourself, hence the upward tick...

Especially Rossetta 2...I had no problems running x86_64 apps, they just work like any other ordinary app...it's unbelievable really...I can't believe more people aren't talking about this achievement.

It's like when Apple transitioned the entire file system from HFS+ > APFS and there were rarely any complaints when the transition was made....such a huge undertaking and in the end, it was just seamless....unbelievable..

 

[tongxinshe]

There is a big gap between the 1st and the next 2, then, another bigger gap between the first three and the next three. There is not much meaning whether Apple is the 1st, 2nd or the 3rd among the second three, none of the three have any chance to squeeze into the group of the first three.

 

[exoticSpice]

I disagree. I have an HP gaming laptop with 8 core i7, 64GB RAM, GX 1070 graphics and 10TB of SD storage and its pretty good, as is a Surface Pro 8 I use. The HP is easy to upgrade RAM and two SD M.2 storage bays. Though my favorite is still my Intel Mac, also 64GB/8TB. That's why I am not anxious to get into M1 yet, too expensive to upgrade.

Just cause a laptop is upgradeable does not make it good.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

don't rejoice guys,it could mean that we're gonna get more devs and sw involved ,but the obvious consequence of apple rise and windows's "downfall" is an ineluctable increase of macs and apple devices as a whole

and you can't deny pricing already is far from cheap . say what u will,1500 euros for a 8/256 13" is a shame

 

[Keymaster]

Yeah, Windows is so unappealing… ONLY sold around 55 million in the QUARTER… which is more Macs than will sell this year. Don’t let marketshare numbers fool you. When Apple’s marketshare increases, it’s not because folks bought substantially more Macs, it’s because one of the PC makers flubbed a quarter. Apple has been doing well in recent quarters, but it remains to be seen if that turns into a true upward trend (30 million a year) or just a spike which drops them right back in the 20 million range.

Except all of the PC manufacturers are down in the last quarter, Apple is the only one that showed any increase at all. It's not just one, it's everyone. Now, the supply chain is a factor in some of this, companies are having trouble finding everything they need and Apple may benefit somewhat since it makes different computers (and designs a lot of its own stuff). But, there is obviously some level of excitement among people interested in Apple computers...some of it is probably a wave of upgraders buying the new M1 systems, some of it is PC people switching over because the M1 Macs are really, really good computers.

Apple is definitely on the right track at the moment, and more people see the Mac as an option, especially since it can basically run everything you might want outside of gaming, and gaming is really more in the console and mobile worlds nowadays. We'll see in a few years how it shakes out, if the M chips continue to be better than the PC options we should see market share continue to increase.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Except all of the PC manufacturers are down in the last quarter, Apple is the only one that showed any increase at all. It's not just one, it's everyone. Now, the supply chain is a factor in some of this, companies are having trouble finding everything they need and Apple may benefit somewhat since it makes different computers (and designs a lot of its own stuff). But, there is obviously some level of excitement among people interested in Apple computers...some of it is probably a wave of upgraders buying the new M1 systems, some of it is PC people switching over because the M1 Macs are really, really good computers.

The way marketshare works is that everyone else down means, by default Apple is up. Not because Apple has made huge inroads in the PC market (according to Gartner, they sold ONLY 543,000 more Macs… not even a million more. That’s not a tsunami wave of folks buying Macs) That 1.7% increase is mostly due to PC manufacturers doing worse

Apple is definitely on the right track at the moment, and more people see the Mac as an option, especially since it can basically run everything you might want outside of gaming, and gaming is really more in the console and mobile worlds nowadays. We'll see in a few years how it shakes out, if the M chips continue to be better than the PC options we should see market share continue to increase.

Seeing a Mac as an option is ONE thing. Actually buying a Mac is a whole nother step. And, selling less than 1 million more Macs in the second quarter than last year isn’t really indicative, YET, of that other step being taken in large quantities.

 

[tataylino]

If only apple could offer a laptop below $700 price, they could number 2.

 

[Tubamajuba]

If only apple could offer a laptop below $700 price, they could number 2.

I don't sell any laptops and I have no trouble number 2'ing.

 

[alpi123]

Just cause a laptop is upgradeable does not make it good.

Objectively it is? Unless you absolutely want to have everything soldered on for the sake of having a slightly thinner and faster system.

It's better to upgrade the components you can than flesh out for a whole new laptop (and throw out the old one). Being able to increase your internal storage or memory whenever you want is a big benefit, who wouldn't want it? Ah yes, you.

 

[exoticSpice]

Objectively it is? Unless you absolutely want to have everything soldered on for the sake of having a slightly thinner and faster system.

You can't review a computer ONLY on its upgradeablity, its a factor to consider.

It's better to upgrade the components you can than flesh out for a whole new laptop (and throw out the old one). Being able to increase your internal storage or memory whenever you want is a big benefit, who wouldn't want it? Ah yes, you.

SSD I agree but the RAM is important to be soldered in M Series Macs as it's LPDRR5 and is much faster and low power than DRR5. Also M1 Max systems have 8 channel memory this is not possible with SODIMMS.

 

[TightLines]

The way marketshare works is that everyone else down means, by default Apple is up. Not because Apple has made huge inroads in the PC market (according to Gartner, they sold ONLY 543,000 more Macs… not even a million more. That’s not a tsunami wave of folks buying Macs) That 1.7% increase is mostly due to PC manufacturers doing worse


Seeing a Mac as an option is ONE thing. Actually buying a Mac is a whole nother step. And, selling less than 1 million more Macs in the second quarter than last year isn’t really indicative, YET, of that other step being taken in large quantities.

Apple gave up on courting the business and corporate market years ago… and truth be told many of those businesses are married to Microsoft without much of an option to divorce. Corporations are interested in the lowest price for the longest refresh shelf life they can get In their business machines… which is typically on a 3-5 year turnaround refresh cycle… and then compound that with MS Server products that dominate the network rooms and it makes no sense for Apple to devote the resources to trying to get into that market… they had a really good server product that could run on Mac Mini, and then they did the x-serve that racked and incorporated the storage, but so much of it hinged on the MS exchange server that corporations were married to… and Apple never put forth the effort to make a superior product that also was compatible and easy to migrate to… some businesses live off the exchange server where their calendars, contacts, and e-mail is key operational and converting to another product would have to really be easy to pull off… and that just never happened… so Apple isn’t going to try anymore… not to leave without mention, its Apple alone in the market, while on the Windows side you have multiple vendors offering their PC’s and they compete against one another for prices in the lease space… Apple can’t compete in that… and they won’t.

 

[Analog Kid]

Nearly 20% growth in their home market against a 17% contraction?

Does anyone still think Intel and Microsoft aren’t worried about the M series?

Edited to add: looking at the chart, that 20% growth was off a reduced base as cheap machines dominated in the pandemic. The overall trend is less striking…

 

[Analog Kid]

Apple gave up on courting the business and corporate market years ago… and truth be told many of those businesses are married to Microsoft without much of an option to divorce. Corporations are interested in the lowest price for the longest refresh shelf life they can get In their business machines… which is typically on a 3-5 year turnaround refresh cycle… and then compound that with MS Server products that dominate the network rooms and it makes no sense for Apple to devote the resources to trying to get into that market… they had a really good server product that could run on Mac Mini, and then they did the x-serve that racked and incorporated the storage, but so much of it hinged on the MS exchange server that corporations were married to… and Apple never put forth the effort to make a superior product that also was compatible and easy to migrate to… some businesses live off the exchange server where their calendars, contacts, and e-mail is key operational and converting to another product would have to really be easy to pull off… and that just never happened… so Apple isn’t going to try anymore… not to leave without mention, its Apple alone in the market, while on the Windows side you have multiple vendors offering their PC’s and they compete against one another for prices in the lease space… Apple can’t compete in that… and they won’t.

I think there’s different kinds of business markets…. Server room? Apple isn’t there. But I see more and more Macs in conference rooms.

 

[richinaus]

I've got a high end Dell with i7 and 64Gb RAM and an RTX graphics option. The damn thing is unusable. It sits there with the fans on flat out and the battery lasts 3 hours if you're lucky. And on top of that my absolute bottom end MBP 14" M1pro is actually faster at compilation workloads, the battery lasts 12 hours heavy use and it doesn't attempt to cook my genitals.

The high end Intel stuff is absolute garbage.

Apple laptops are so far ahead of the competition it isn't funny.