Apple shipped an estimated 7.82 million Mac units during the third calendar quarter of 2021, up 14.4% year-over-year, according to new PC market data.
The Cupertino tech giant came in fourth among the top global PC makers, behind Lenovo, HP, and Dell in that order. Apple accounted for 9.3% of the market in the third quarter, which corresponds to the company’s fourth fiscal quarter, according to new data from research firm Canalys.
Apple’s growth clocked in among the best during the period, behind only Dell’s 26.7% annual growth. HP actually lost market share during the quarter, and Lenovo grew 2.5% year-over-year.
The pandemic-era boom in the PC market may be coming to an end, spurred largely by supply constraints, Canalys reports. The global PC market grew by 5% in Q3 and hit a total of 84.1 million shipments. That’s down from the double-digit growth that the PC market saw for five straight quarters.
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