Apple’s Mac sales increased 40.2% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022 as all major PC manufacturers shipments plummeted. As a result, the indomitable Mac’s worldwide market share increased from 8.2% to a whopping 13.5% year-over-year for the Q322, according to the latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC).
Declines continued for the traditional PC market as global shipments totaled 74.3 million units in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Cooling demand and uneven supply contributed to a 15.0% year-over-year contraction. However, shipping volumes remain well above pre-pandemic levels as PC volumes have been largely driven by commercial upgrades due to the impending end of support for Windows 7.
“In addition to shipping volumes, we will be keeping an eye on the trends in Average Sales Prices (ASPs) this quarter,” added Linn Huang, vice president of research, Devices and Displays at IDC. “Shortages in recent years have aggressively pushed changes in the product mix towards the premium end. This, coupled with rising component and logistics costs, drove ASPs up for five consecutive quarters to $ 910 in 1Q22, the highest since 2004. However, as demand slows, promotions are in full swing and order cutting, ASP growth was reversed in 2Q22. Another quarter of the decline in ASP indicates a retreating market. “
Top 5 companies, traditional PC shipments worldwide, market share and year-over-year growth, third quarter 2022
(Preliminary results, shipments are in thousands of units)
Notes:
– Some IDC estimates before financial earnings reports. Data for all companies is reported for calendar periods.
– Shipments include shipments to distribution channels or end users. OEM sales are counted under the company / brand under which they are sold.
– Traditional PCs include desktops, notebooks and workstations and do not include x86 tablets or servers. Removable tablets and Slate tablets are part of the Personal Computing Device Tracker but are not processed in this data.
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