Apple (AAPL): The Mac’s Comeback

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Apple (AAPL) Mac shipments hit 960,000 units in Q3 of this year according to IDC. Last year, that figure was 716,000, raising Apple’s share from 4.8% to 5.6% in the US market.

A close look at the figures, provides by Apple Insider indicates that the Mac and HP (HPQ) are taking market share from Dell in the US. Dell’s share dropped from 34.1% to 28.4% in Q2. Units shipped dropped by 583,000. HP shipped 830,000 more units than last year, and Apple shipped 199,000 more units.

Total shipments in the US market rose 1,147,000 units. So, the majority of the growth belongs to Apple and HP.

The figures are an indication that iPod sales should be buttressed by sales of Macs, making a strong quarter for Apple more likely.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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