Apple tied with fifth-place Asus in Q2 global PC market
Apple slipped to fifth place in total PC shipments during the second quarter of 2022 amid a broader decline in the entire market.
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Shipments of Apple's Mac fell by 22.5% year-over-year in Q2 2022. That's higher than the 15.3% hit that the entire PC market took during the same period, according to new data from research firm IDC.
In total, global PC shipments fell to 71.3 million units. IDC says that it was the second straight quarter of lower shipments following two years of explosive growth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Q2 2022 PC shipments via IDC
Apple shipments clocked in at 4.8 million units during Q2 2022, basically tying it in fifth place with Asus, which had 4.7 million shipments. In first through fourth were Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Acer, in that order.
Although the market anticipated some slowing in growth, IDC says that the decline was worse than expected because of worsening supply and logistical issues from Covid-19 lockdowns in China and persistent macroeconomic headwinds.
"Fears over a recession continue to mount and weaken demand across segments," said Jitesh Ubrani, IDC research manager. "Consumer demand for PCs has weakened in the near term and is at risk of perishing in the long term as consumers become more cautious about their spending and once again grow accustomed to computing across device types such as phones and tablets."
Despite the overall decline, the total PC volume is still comparable to the beginning of the pandemic. The market is also still well above pre-pandemic levels.
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MacBook Pro
Shipments of Apple's Mac fell by 22.5% year-over-year in Q2 2022. That's higher than the 15.3% hit that the entire PC market took during the same period, according to new data from research firm IDC.
In total, global PC shipments fell to 71.3 million units. IDC says that it was the second straight quarter of lower shipments following two years of explosive growth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Q2 2022 PC shipments via IDC
Apple shipments clocked in at 4.8 million units during Q2 2022, basically tying it in fifth place with Asus, which had 4.7 million shipments. In first through fourth were Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Acer, in that order.
Although the market anticipated some slowing in growth, IDC says that the decline was worse than expected because of worsening supply and logistical issues from Covid-19 lockdowns in China and persistent macroeconomic headwinds.
"Fears over a recession continue to mount and weaken demand across segments," said Jitesh Ubrani, IDC research manager. "Consumer demand for PCs has weakened in the near term and is at risk of perishing in the long term as consumers become more cautious about their spending and once again grow accustomed to computing across device types such as phones and tablets."
Despite the overall decline, the total PC volume is still comparable to the beginning of the pandemic. The market is also still well above pre-pandemic levels.
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Apple lowest is $1k
To put it in context
1. IDC doesn't count Chromebooks as PCs so they aren't listed in the above figures.
2. Even if they did, ChromeOS sales are generally a little more/a little less than macOS sales.
Unlike ChromeOS, which can run on 4 GB RAM, 32 GB of flash storage and an Intel Celeron, AMD Athlon or low end ARM CPU, Windows 11 needs 8 GB RAM, and Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 and a 128 GB SSD to do anything at all. That runs about $450. While Windows devices cheaper than that do exists they don't sell that well.
Finally the Mac Mini starts at $700. Not $450 like a Ryzen 3 desktop but not "lowest $1K" either.
So end the nonsense narratives fueled by false information. The truth: Apple Silicon didn't change squat and Mac remains the minor player in the "PC" space that it was before. Apple is:
1. iPhone
2. services
3. iPad
4. wearables (Apple Watch and Airpods)
5. Mac
6. smart devices (Apple TV and HomePod)
Yes, the Mac generates more revenue than the wearables division. But the wearables division is more influential: far more people buy the Apple Watch and especially AirPods than Macs.
And quit the bull**** there’s plenty of Windows virus machines under 200 bucks.
We're happy for you. And if you built your own house it should be cheaper than buying a new one already built.