Mac shipments more than double worldwide PC growth in Q3 2020
What you need to know
- The worldwide PC market saw 3.6% year over year growth in Q3 of 2020.
- The Mac grew at 7.3%, more than doubling the pace of the overall market.
- Apple did, however, fall behind the overall market growth in the United States.
In a press release on its website, research firm Gartner has reported that the Mac has doubled the growth of the worldwide PC market in the third quarter of 2020.
Mikako Kitagawa, research director at Gartner, says that the quarter has seen the strongest consumer demand in personal computers that Gartner has recorded in the last five years. The director attributes the growth in the market due to consumers and businesses purchasing laptops for personal, school, and work use during the pandemic.
Gartner noted that both Apple, Acer, and Asus all saw growth that outpaced the rest of the PC market. Apple specifically saw a 7.3% growth year over year, more than doubling the market's growth of 3.6%.
The PC market in the United States also saw an overall growth of 11.4% year over year. Apple, despite doubling worldwide growth, fell behind the rest of the market with a 7% growth year over year. Kitagawa attributes the growth in the country to the major shift in both consumer and business spending from desktop to laptop PCs.
Apple is set to announce its first Apple Silicon Mac by the end of this year, with an event to announce the new laptop potentially happening in November.
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