Apple computer sales are going from strength to strength, according to estimates just released globally from the leading manufacturers of laptops and desktops. There are Two reasons fundamentals that have undoubtedly helped increase sales of Macs.
One is the blissful pandemic of the covid-19 that has forced most of us to work or study from home. The perfect excuse to renew the computer or acquire a new one if we did not have one to continue teleworking on days of confinement. And the other, without a doubt, the new era of Macs Apple silicon.
Worldwide Mac sales have increased in the fourth quarter of 2020, based on new estimates for overall PC sales released by Gartner. According to the study, Apple sold 6,9 million Macs during the quarter, compared to the 5,25 million it sold in the previous quarter, marking a growth of 31,3 percent.
Apple was the fourth manufacturer during the last quarter of 2020, and its market share also grew to 8,7 percent, compared to 7,3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019. The growth in sales has been general in the entire market of PCs, and Lenovo, Dell, Acer and ASUS have benefited from this increase.
Gartner estimates of worldwide computer sales.
Lenovo It was the number one manufacturer in the world with 21,5 million PCs sold, followed by HP with 15,7 million. HP was the only vendor to see a slight drop in sales in the fourth quarter of 2020.
In all of last year, Apple had estimated sales of 22,5 million of Macs worldwide, marking a growth of 22,5 percent compared to 2019, where it reached 18,3 million Macs sold. Apple was the fourth largest computer maker in global sales for the year, behind Lenovo, HP and Dell.
