Jeff Campbell
02-01-2012, 01:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57368610-64/apple-ipad-breaks-hps-hold-on-top-pc-spot/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple' target='_blank'>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-5...subj=News-Apple</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple is out-shipping traditional PC vendors by a wide margin on the back of strong iPad sales, a marketing research firm has found."</em></p><p><img height="450" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1328060751.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="600" /></p><p>And the margin over number 2 HP was almost 5%, as Apple shipped 15 million iPads along with 5 million Macs, which made up 17% of the 120 million total shipped globally in the 4th quarter. HP total was 12.7% in comparison. Overall, if you take the iPad and other tablets out of the picture, PC sales are down 0.4%. Sounds to me like if you aren't in the tablet business, you might have cause for concern.</p>