In a recent interview, former CEO Steve Ballmer admitted that the company missed entering the smartphone market. Here’s a breakdown of the firm’s projections: Source: IDC Blair Hanley Frank is GeekWire's Bay Area Correspondent. He has also worked for Macworld, PCWorld and TechHive. Follow ...
In calculating their PC "market share" estimates, both IDC and Gartner include low end netbook and hybrid devices and Windows tablets. IDC also counts Chromebook web browser devices, but both firms exclude sales of Apple's iPad from their PC sales figures. If they had...
The Macintosh may have posted its strongest worldwide market share yet last quarter, according to the latest estimates from IDC, which place Apple among the top five global PC vendors for the first time. Mac shipments were up an estimated 8.9 percent in the third quart...
IDC has today published its latest report concerning the PC market, and once again, it shows Apple outpacing the rest of the industry, albeit at a slightly slower pace this time around. According to the data, Apple saw its total market share increase during the first quarter of 2016, though...
Market share Mac sales slowest in two years, say researchers, but still well ahead of the rest of the PC industry Ben LovejoyOct 9 2015 - 5:02 am PT 29 Comments While research firms IDC and Gartner disagree on whether Mac sales are falling or rising, they do agree on two things: Q3...