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blogs.zdnet.com - 4/20/2009

Gartner: Apple's U.S. market share slips in Q1 2009

— blogs.zdnet.com — A new report released by Gartner says that worldwide PC shipments totaled 67.2 million units in the... first quarter of 2009, a decline of 6.5 percent. We are seeing some evidence of channel inventory restocking, particularly in the U.S.,” said George ... (more) Gartner: Apple's U.S. market share slips in Q1 2009

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Gartner: Apple's U.S. market share slips in Q1 2009
The Apple Core — ... demand; it’s still unclear if the global PC market has hit the bottom. According to the report Apple’s U.S. market share dropped from 8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 7.4 percent. Preliminary United States PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 1Q09 (Thousands of Units) Source: Gartner (April 2009) Analysts think that Apple’s relatively higher ASP created challenges for it in the tough economy, but that its deft control of inventories limited its shipment decline. Tip: MacRumors

Apple market share drops slightly in the past year
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Does that mean it's time to sell the AAPL stock? Probably not -- as you can see from the graph, there's still been a nice steady growth in market share since 2006, and the current economy has all ships falling a little bit with the tide as it goes out. But it does mean that Apple might be having more trouble than they want breaking out into more of the market. If that is their goal anyway -- Gartner's report also notes that Apple's relatively higher ASP (Average Selling Price) "created challenges for it in the tough economy," but when have we ever known them to go cheap? ...