Apple in the fourth quarter 2010 computer market, iPad effect, surpassed DELL to 3rd place

In the fourth quarter of 2010, it became clear that Apple surpassed DELL to be third in the computer market including server computers, desktop PCs, laptop computers, netbooks and tablet terminals.

Although it seems that there are various opinions on the same treatment of iPad as personal computer, analyst of investigation company also clarifies the reason.

Details are as below.
Canalys reports global PC market growth 19% in Q4 2010 (Canalys research release: r2011012)

According to Canalys' survey company's fourth quarter (October to December 2010) computer sales figures, shipments including server computers, desktop PCs, laptop computers, netbooks and tablet terminals totaled in the previous year It is said that the synchronization ratio increased 19.2% to 105.8 million units.

About this growth Daryl Chiam, senior analyst at Canalys, stated that "Tablet devices moved the market as netbooks led the market in 2009," the tablet terminal should not count as a PC In response to the assertion that the liquid crystal screen is 7 inches or more, it has enough processing power and applications to grow rapidly, so it is said that it should be regarded as comparable to a netbook.

Share list. Apple dropped sharply by 241.0% compared with the same period last year, while HP dropped by 17.7% for HP (1st place) and Acer (12.8%) for 2nd place compared with the same period of the previous year, It is ranked 3rd with a 10.8% share. Although the fourth place DELL also reached 10.8%, the result is that shipment volume is 100,000 less than Apple.


A graph showing where in the world the market is growing. It is showing significant growth in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region.


By the way, if you exclude iPad from count,Apple sells 4.13 million Macs in the fourth quarter of 2010Therefore, the share seems to be about 3.9%.