Apple is now 5th largest PC maker in the world<article>
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<p>Apple’s Macbooks had a strong back-to-school showing last quarter, as the company hit fifth place in
IDC’s global PC shipment charts.</p><p>Mac sales rose from 4.58 million in the third quarter of last year to 4.98 million this year, IDC estimated, allowing Apple to edge out Asus for the number five slot. (Rival research firm
Gartner still has Asus in fifth place, with 5.77 million shipments last quarter. Hey, these
are estimates.)</p><p>Overall, last quarter was fruitful for major vendors. Both IDC and Gartner estimated shipment gains for Lenovo, HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus, along with Apple. IDC attributed the gains to solid back-to-school sales, the continued Windows XP to Windows 7 migration for businesses, and a rise in low-cost PCs such as Chromebooks.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2824269/apple-is-now-5th-largest-pc-maker-in-the-world.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple is now 5th largest PC maker in the world
