Apple's Computer Sales Slide
Sun, Jan 18th, 2009
Apple's share of the U.S. computer market dropped nearly 16% in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the economy continued its freefall, a research analyst said last week.
According to Gartner Inc.'s preliminary estimates, Apple sold 1.25 million machines in the U.S. during the last three months of 2008, an 8% increase year-to-year over the same period in 2007, but down 23% from the quarter before. Apple's performance dumped it into fourth place, a fall of one spot, behind Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Acer Inc.
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Topics: Fourth Quarter, Three Months, Decline, Estimates, Gartner Inc
