I-IDC yenkampani yokubonisana namhlanje ibonise uqikelelo lokuthengisa oluqikelelwayo kwiimpawu ezahlukeneyo, ngokubhekisele kwiintengiso zehlabathi ngokubhekiselele kwimarike yePC ngexesha lekota yokugqibela ka-2014. abavelisi ngokuthengisa inani elikhulu leMacs kunekota enye kunyaka ophelileyo. Lo mcebisi uqale waqikelela ukuba ukuthengiswa kweeyunithi zePC kuyakwehla nge-4,8% ngonyaka, nangona kunjalo imarike yehle nge-2,4%. Nangona ukuwa akukhange kuchazwe ngokwenyani njengoko bekutshiwo, akuyonyani ukuba intengiso ibonakalisa iimpawu zokudinwa kwi-spiral of deceleration in sales, lo ngunyaka wesithathu wokuhla kwintengiso iyonke ngokuthanda ii-smartphones ezintsha okanye iitafile ezinezikrini ezikhulu kunye namathuba akhulayo.
Ngokwedatha ebonisiweyo, inani lilonke leePC ezithengisiweyo ngeli xesha lekota ngaphezulu nje kwezigidi ezingama-80 zeeyunithi, eliyinxalenye encinci ye-308 yezigidi zeeyunithi ezithengiswayo ngexesha le-2014. Izikhundla ziya kunikwa kunye neLenovo kwindawo yokuqala elandelwa yi-HP, Dell, Yenza kunye I-Apple kwindawo yesihlanu ngokulandelelanaOko kukuthi, ukuba sinamathela kwiintengiso zehlabathi, ukuba sijonga kuphela kwiintengiso ngaphakathi kwe-US, i-Apple iya kukhwela kwindawo yesithathu.
Kuyathakazelisa ukubona ukuba i-Apple yayiza kuthengisa njani i-5,75 yezigidi zeMacs kwihlabathi liphela, oko kuya kuthetha ukukhula nge-18,9% xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka odlulileyo kodwa apho phantse i-2.24 yezigidi zaba matshini zathengiswa kuphela e-United States, into ebonisa ukuba i-market ye-US iyaqhubeka igxile kuyo. Masikhumbule ukuba i-Apple sele ifikelele kwixesha eliphezulu lokuthengisa iMac kwikota yangaphambili kunye ne-5,52 yezigidi zeMacs ezithengisiweyo.
NgoJanuwari 27, i-Apple iya kupapasha ngokusemthethweni iziphumo zayo zemali apho siya kubona ukuba ngaba ngokwenene utshintsho olwenziwe nge-iMac Retina kunye nohlaziyo kumgca wayo weMac ukulawula ukugcina inkampani kwicala elifanelekileyo.
