Apple Mac Shipments Fall 11.3% as PC Market Contracts
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Apple shipped fewer Macs in the third quarter but gained market share as Lenovo, HP, and Dell recorded sharper declines.
The iPhone maker shipped 5.9 million Macs in the third quarter of 2026, an 11.3% decline from 6.7 million units a year ago, preliminary figures from research firm IDC Research show. Yet, despite shipping fewer devices, Apple’s share of the global personal computer market climbed from 8.5% to 9.5%, leaving the company in fourth place worldwide.
Apple’s volume drop came amid a severe global retreat. Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs tumbled 20.1% year-over-year to 62.7 million units, down from 78.5 million in the third quarter of 2025. Shipments also declined 9.1% sequentially from the second quarter, completely missing...
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