According to a preliminary report issued by today, Apple saw the strongest year-over-year growth during Q2 compared to its closest competitors in the PC market, except in the U.S., where sales basically flatlined.Here are the details Based on today’s numbers, Apple outpaced the competition by a lot, with 21.4% growth year-over-year.However, it came up once again in fourth place with 9.1% market share.
In practice, that translated to 6.2 million PCs shipped worldwide, up from 5.1 million in the same quarter last year.Still, Apple lagged behind Dell’s 9.8 million, HP’s 14.1 million, and Lenovo’s 17 million shipped units.However, if in the last quarter, “the entire ecosystem attempted to accelerate the pace of deliveries to avoid the first round of US tariffs and expected volatility for the remainder of the year”, as ’s Jean Philippe Bouchard put it, this quarter proved just how much that trend may have front-loaded demand.
With inventories still being worked through and buyers wary of looming price hikes, the U.S.market recorded 0% growth during Q2, even as the rest of the world grew 9%.Outlook for Q3: Cautiously optimistic, with potential promotions ahead Here’s Ryan Reith, group vice president with ’s Worldwide Device Trackers: In other words, as vendors push shipments to get ahead of potential tariff-driven price hikes, while knowing full well that demand might not hold up later in the year, we could end up seeing clearance-style promotions in Q3, even as prices are technically on the rise.
Overall, the global PC market grew 6.5% year-over-year, reaching 68.4 million units.That fell in line with ’s previous expectations, and marked another positive quarter for the industry, caveats aside.Mac deals on Amazon MacBook Air 13-inch, M4, 16GB/256GB, Midnight: 15% off at $849 MacBook Air 15-inch, M4, 16GB/256GB, Sky Blue: 13% off at $1,049 MacBook Pro 15-inch, M4, 16GB/512GB, Space Black: 11% off at $1,429 You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day.
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