IDC: Mac sales up 30%
January 16th 2008
Guardian (UK), quoting IDC data, reports that our fave fruit company saw Mac sales surge 30.9 percent in Q4, giving it 5.7 percent of the US market. Overall, global computer sales rose a healthy 15.5 percent last period, though its carefully eyeing the market for a downturn.
"Fourth quarter results show a very healthy PC market," said analyst Loren Loverde in a statement. "Despite fourth quarter strength, projections for the next couple years anticipate slower growth. Rising concerns about economic growth are likely to reduce expectations further."
Both HP and Dell saw sales grow, posting rises of 17.1 percent and 15.2 percent, respectively in the last calendar quarter of '07. However, HP and Dell appeared to feel the impact of Taiwan's Acer aggressive expansion, which saw shipments surge 60.3 percent.
IDC is predicting 12.2 percent growth in 2008.
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