Jeff Campbell
10-15-2009, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/14/mac_sales_grow_11_8_as_apple_takes_9_4_u_s_market_share.html' target='_blank'>http://www.appleinsider.com/article...rket_share.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Mac sales saw double-digit growth in the third quarter of 2009, maintaining Apple's position as the fourth-largest U.S. PC manufacturer, according to new data released Wednesday from IDC."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1255621106.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>The overall PC market grew 2.5%, surprisingly with all the recession talk. And as you can see from the chart above, Dell was the company hit hardest in terms of overall growth, losing 13.4% from the same time last year. The big winner was Acer, helped by the netbook market, with 48.3% followed closely by Toshiba with 37.4%. Apple had the 3rd highest growth percentage at 11.8% to go along with their 9.4% market share. </p>