Much has been made in the news over the last year or so about the precipitous decline in PC sales. I've written about this as well ( best-reading-of-day-entry-0016 ). However, when was the last time you saw the numbers for Apple products other than iPhones or iPads?
Well, turns out those numbers are ... well, aweful.
http://www.itnews.com/
Here is a snippet from that:
Mac shipments in the U.S. during the third quarter fell at a dramatically steeper rate than that of sales of other PCs, including those powered by Microsoft's Windows, IDC said Wednesday.
According to the research firm, Apple's personal computer shipments in the United States slumped 11.2% year-over-year to 1.9 million machines. The PC business as a whole contracted just 0.2% as sales picked up more momentum than had been expected, with all four of the remaining top 5 -- HP, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba -- posting positive growth numbers for the quarter.
Apple's decline was 56 times that of the industry average.
Very interesting. Are we seeing the death of the PC? I still doubt it but we are seeing a strong rise in Tablets and Phablets that are cannibalizing PC sales under both the Microsoft and the Apple umbrellas.
Happy reading,
J.W. Gant
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