Apple was the only major computer manufacturer to ship more machines in the UK PC market during the final three months of 2011. Figures from Gartner, a market watcher, showed declining sales for the four others in the UK top five. Apple’s shipments rose 17.2 per cent from 228,000 units in Q4 2010 to 267,000 in Q4 2011. and note that these figures don’t include iPad shipments. If Apple continues to grow, it is likely to pass 4th placed Toshiba, but it’s unlikely to pose much of a threat to Dell, let alone HP.
United Kingdom: PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q11 (Thousands of Units)
|
Vendor |
4Q11 Shipments |
4Q11 Market Share (%) |
4Q10 Shipments |
4Q10 Market Share (%) |
4Q10-4Q11 Growth (%) |
| HP |
618 |
21.0 |
847 |
23.1 |
-27.0 |
| Dell |
408 |
13.8 |
601 |
16.4 |
-32.2 |
| Toshiba |
296 |
10.0 |
313 |
8.5 |
-5.4 |
| Apple |
267 |
9.1 |
228 |
6.2 |
17.2 |
| Acer |
230 |
7.8 |
610 |
16.7 |
-62.4 |
| Others |
1,127 |
38.3 |
1,065 |
29.1 |
5.8 |
| Total |
2,946 |
100.0 |
3,665 |
100.0 |
-19.6 |
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs. Media tablets are excluded.
Source: Gartner (February 2012)
Lets hope this encourages Apple not to drop the business market and continue to support the professional sector with a new Mac Pro for example.
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February 7, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Mike
A better measurement would be how much Apple turned over and made on iOS related activity compared to Mac Pro. That is the only measure they will be using.
February 7, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Russ,
A very fair point, I suspect the ratio of iOS related turnover will be enormous, but I thought these figures for non iOS related sales might give us a glimmer of hope.