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Apple's Mac Shipments Increase in Q2 2018 as PC Market Sees First Growth in 6 Years [Updated]

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Apple's worldwide Mac shipments grew 3 percent in the second quarter of 2018 compared to the year-ago quarter, according to new preliminary PC shipping estimates shared today by Gartner.

During the quarter, Apple shipped an estimated 4.4 million Macs, compared to 4.26 million in the second quarter of 2017. Apple's market share also saw slight growth, improving from 7 percent in Q2 2017 to 7.1 percent in Q2 2018.

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Gartner's Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2Q18 (Thousands of Units)​

Apple's improved Mac sales come amid an overall increase in worldwide PC shipments, the first growth that's been seen in the last six years. Worldwide PC shipments totaled an estimated 62.1 million units in Q2 2018, up from 61.3 million in the year-ago quarter.

Though Apple saw sales growth in Q2 2018, the company was ranked the number four PC vendor in the world, coming in behind Dell, HP, and Lenovo. Lenovo was the number one vendor with 13.6 million PCs shipped, followed by HP with just under 13.6 million and Dell with 10.5 million. Acer Group, the number five worldwide PC vendor, shipped 4 million PCs during the quarter.

Lenovo and HP are tied for 21.9 percent market share, followed by Dell at 16.8 percent and Apple, as previously mentioned, at 7.1 percent. All of the top five worldwide PC vendors saw shipment growth in Q2 2018 compared to last year.
"PC shipment growth in the second quarter of 2018 was driven by demand in the business market, which was offset by declining shipments in the consumer segment," said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner. "In the consumer space, the fundamental market structure, due to changes on PC user behavior, still remains, and continues to impact market growth. Consumers are using their smartphones for even more daily tasks, such as checking social media, calendaring, banking and shopping, which is reducing the need for a consumer PC.
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Apple saw less growth in the United States, shipping an estimated 1.84 million Macs, up from 1.81 in the year-ago quarter, an increase of 1.7 percent. Apple was also the number four vendor in the U.S., coming in behind HP (#1), Dell (#2), and Lenovo (#3). Apple holds 12.7 percent of the PC market in the United States, compared to 14.9 percent for Lenovo, 28.6 percent for Dell, and 29.3 percent for HP.

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Gartner's Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2Q18 (Thousands of Units)​


Almost all top vendors in the U.S. saw shipment growth, with the exception of HP, which saw shipments fall 0.6 percent. Acer Group had the best quarter in the United states with 25.7 percent growth. Overall U.S. shipments were up 1.7 percent, with a total of 14.5 million PCs shipped during the quarter, compared to 14.3 million in Q2 2017.

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Apple's Market Share Trend: 1Q06-2Q18 (Gartner)​

It's important to note that data from Gartner is preliminary, and that the numbers can shift, sometimes dramatically and sometimes less so. Last year, for example, Gartner estimated Q2 2017 worldwide Mac shipments at 4.236 million when the actual number was 4.266 million.

Apple's Mac sales could grow significantly next quarter and through the end of 2018. Apple today introduced new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro models with improved processors, more maximum RAM, higher-capacity SSDs, True Tone displays, and more.

The rest of Apple's Mac lineup, including iMacs, MacBooks, and the Mac mini, is also expected to get a refresh before the end of 2018.

Update: IDC also released its Q2 2018 worldwide PC estimates, suggesting Apple shipped 4.308 million Macs, compared to 4.303 million in the year-ago quarter for growth of just 0.1 percent. IDC also ranked Apple as the number four worldwide vendor and according to IDC's estimates, worldwide PC shipments were up 2.7 percent overall.

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As usual Macrumor's giving great emphasis on the Mac. But the reality, considering data is right, is clearly shown in the figures.

Lenovo 20.1% -> 21.9%
HP 20.9% -> 21.9%
Dell 15.6% -> 16.8%
Apple 7.0% -> 7.1%

Dell and Lenovo are gaining a lot more traction (9.5% and 6.1% growth respectively compared to Apple's 3.0%)
 
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some_random_guy said:
As usual Macrumor's giving great emphasis on the Mac.
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Or the name of this site rightly says "mac".

Are you saying that MacRumors are Apple fanboys?

The guys that come first with Apple news, weather it is good or bad (e.g. bendgate)

But the reality, considering data is right, is clearly shown in the figures.

Lenovo 20.1% -> 21.9%
HP 20.9% -> 21.9%
Dell 15.6% -> 16.8%
Apple 7.0% -> 7.1%

Dell and Lenovo are gaining a lot more traction (9.5% and 6.1% growth respectively compared to Apple's 3.0%)
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Yeah... so what?

Lenovo, HP, Dell, etc. have largely undifferentiated products, they all run Windows, there's nothing on HP that Dell can't have (e.g.).

People buy those products based on bang for buck, one company can pass the other easily by giving more "bang for buck", and I'm not talking about giving "bang for buck" to the end users, but to the ones that really control the game: the retailers.

Meanwhile...

Apple has their retail network.
Apple has their macOS.
Apple has their iMessage.

And soon Apple will have their own CPU's and GPU's like they do on the iPhone 8 onwards. Mark my word.

Also, Gartner counts Chromebooks as PC's.

But for some reason, they don't count iPads as PC's.

How can a $1000 iPad not be considered a "PC", while a $200 Chromebook be considered one?

Either you like it or not, people buy them to do the same tasks.

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Imagine Apple’s market share if their machines were just 10% more affordable. But then Apple would be left with a measly 30% profit. Wall St. can’t be having that now, can they. After all, look what happened the bankers after the bailout—champagne for all!
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Wall Street is dumb.

Sooner or later the bubble will burst.

And boy that Amazon P/E of 226 and Alphabet P/E of 50 and Microsoft P/E of 70 will be sooooooo sweet.
 
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some_random_guy said:
As usual Macrumor's giving great emphasis on the Mac. But the reality, considering data is right, is clearly shown in the figures.

Lenovo 20.1% -> 21.9%
HP 20.9% -> 21.9%
Dell 15.6% -> 16.8%
Apple 7.0% -> 7.1%

Dell and Lenovo are gaining a lot more traction (9.5% and 6.1% growth respectively compared to Apple's 3.0%)
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Well the growth those other companies are experiencing is because they are still committed to the PC and investing in new PC products. Apple's Mac business is more of a sideline business to them and phones and tablets are their main focus. Apple is selling mainly on brand name and to a loyal user base. No company that "cares" about their PC business has products available today that have not been updated since 2013.
 
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No. 44 said:
It's great that Apple is using better processors, but they need to get back to making better keyboards.
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Does anybody make keyboard with 4 years of warranty?


DakotaGuy said:
Well the growth those other companies are experiencing is because they are still committed to the PC and investing in new PC products. Apple's Mac business is more of a sideline business to them and phones and tablets are their main focus. Apple is selling mainly on brand name and to a loyal user base. No company that "cares" about their PC business has products available today that have not been updated since 2013.
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Because nobody can want an Apple computer besides being a blind fanboy, is that it?
 
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No. 44 said:
No, because nobody else makes a keyboard that can be completely crippled by a speck of dust...
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Gosh, people believe that...

There are billions of specks of dust in air everywhere.

If that's true, why aren't all MacBooks and MBP's broken?

And why it's appearing only now? Apple has been using that keyboard since 2014 I believe, and nobody complained about it before recent years.
 
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some_random_guy said:
As usual Macrumor's giving great emphasis on the Mac. But the reality, considering data is right, is clearly shown in the figures.

Dell and Lenovo are gaining a lot more traction (9.5% and 6.1% growth respectively compared to Apple's 3.0%)
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Who cares?

Edit: didn't mean for that to sound a childish as it did... But I'm struggling to find a better way to ask it.
 
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Mac Fly (film) said:
Imagine Apple’s market share if their machines were just 10% more affordable. But then Apple would be left with a measly 30% profit. Wall St. can’t be having that now, can they. After all, look what happened the bankers after the bailout—champagne for all!
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Imagine if Apple actually had new and exciting machines more often than every 2 or 3 (or 5 years as is the case for the Mac Pro)?
 
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DakotaGuy said:
Well the growth those other companies are experiencing is because they are still committed to the PC and investing in new PC products. Apple's Mac business is more of a sideline business to them and phones and tablets are their main focus. Apple is selling mainly on brand name and to a loyal user base. No company that "cares" about their PC business has products available today that have not been updated since 2013.
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The sales numbers are staring to show Apple's lack of interest in their Mac line. Remember: Without a Mac, many people would not buy an iPhone.

The 5 year neglect of their Mac line is a great stategic mistake for Apple.
 
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You would think by no, after all of these years, Macs would have cracked 10% market share but I bet its' more like 20% if you remove Enterprise/SMB/GOV Sales from the equation. they sell a ton of computers to home users.
 
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