Jeff Campbell
08-31-2009, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/26/apples_mac_leads_sales_growth_as_pc_market_begins_to_recover.html' target='_blank'>http://www.appleinsider.com/article...to_recover.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The worldwide PC market began a slow rebound from the recession last quarter with overall home sales surging, and strong Mac sales with business buyers."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1251309893.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></em></p><p>The totals for Apple overall weren't great (5.5% gain) but much better than being in the negative numbers like the overall market was for PCs (-2.4%). From the chart you can tell the only bright spot was when they segmented the markets and Apple gained 14.6% in the home category, and the market overall gained 18.5%. Apple also had a 2% gain in the small office segment. You sure can tell where Apple needs help: Government growth was a dismal -66.9%. </p>