PC market

AMD Gets Ultra-Competitive in Skinny Laptop Market

John Paczkowski in News on January 17 at 11:11 am PT

AMD’s new “ultrathin” laptops will also be ultra-cheap.

A New Milestone for the Mac: 5 Percent of the Global PC Market

John Paczkowski in News on November 18, 2011 at 3:17 am PT

Buoyed by increasing sales in enterprise and explosive growth in the Asia Pacific, the company’s share of the global PC market passed the 5 percent mark last quarter, for the first time in 15 years.

European PC Market Searches for Bottom, While Apple, Asus Soar

John Paczkowski in News on November 14, 2011 at 10:11 am PT

The downward trend in European PC sales has left Apple, Asus and Samsung entirely unscathed.

China Climbs Past U.S. to Become Largest PC Market

John Paczkowski in News on August 23, 2011 at 2:01 pm PT

An inevitable and unsurprising milestone: China has finally surpassed the U.S. in both PC sales and shipments.

Intel CEO: We’re Big in Brazil, and Lots of Other Places

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 20, 2011 at 5:27 pm PT

When it comes to the PC market research, firms see business growing a lot more slowly than Intel does.

IPad Will Rule Tablet Market for Years, Says Goldman

John Paczkowski in News on April 20, 2011 at 4:15 am PT

Acer Chairman J.T. Wang once predicted that Apple’s share of the tablet market would plummet as new rivals emerge, tumbling from nearly 100 percent to 20-30 percent. Not going to happen any time soon, says Goldman Sachs.

Mac Growth Outpaces Market for 19th Straight Quarter

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 17, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

The Mac has been on a growth tear for a few years now, outperforming the broader PC market in most every sector. Indeed, December 2010 marked the 19th straight quarter that it did so.

Tablet Cannibalization on the Rise in 2011

John Paczkowski in News on February 8, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

Nearly 56 million tablets will be shipped in 2011–200 percent more than were shipped in 2010. That’s the latest forecast from NPD’s DisplaySearch, which expects that number to hit 172.4 million by 2014.

2011: The Year of the Tablet–Apple’s Tablet (And Analyst Notes About It)

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 31, 2010 at 10:39 am PT

Much as they were in 2010, tablet sales will be a high point of 2011–but even more so. According to Caris & Co. analyst Robert Cihra, tablet sales will more than triple, rising 226 percent to 54 million units. And of those, Cihra believes Apple will claim 67 percent.

Apple’s “Back to the Mac” Event by the Numbers

John Paczkowski in News on October 21, 2010 at 4:05 am PT

As Apple events go, Wednesday’s was a bit lighter on metrics than some others we’ve seen this year. Still, there were quite a few worth noting, beginning with 13.7 million–the number of Macs sold in the fiscal year that ended in September. Then there was the Mac’s installed base: 50 million; and the number of Mac developers: 600,000; and…