Apple Jumps to Third Place in the Global Portable Computer Race
8/04/2010 04:35:00 PM - 0 comments
A recent survey for global portable computers showed Apple in the top three spot with Hewlett Packard and Acer. Thanks to its iPad, Apple gained the third place from number seven.Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore reports in the said research that investors now consider tablet computers when assessing market share trends in addition to netbooks and notebooks.
The survey, done for the second quarter of 2010, showed Apple passing Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba and Dell in terms of global unit sale. Apple sold 3.27 million iPad units during the said quarter, in addition to 2.47 MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
Whitmore said that their “retail checks suggest this share shift continues in July, (with) the iPad directly cannibalizing demand for other vendors' NB products. Remarkably, Apple's traditional MacBook business posted accelerated unit growth on a Y/Y basis in 2Q despite the launch of the iPad while every other Top five vendor slowed."
He added that Apple was leaving its competitors behind even without the iPad, and if the iPad is added, the numbers are nearly off the charts. What’s more, the numbers are still growing.
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