U-Gartner ulinganisela ukubeka ukuthengisa kuka-Apple endaweni yesi-5 emhlabeni jikelele, okungasho ukuthi inkampani yaseCupertino ifane nezibalo zango-2015 zokuthengiswa kweMac kulekota yokugcina ka-2016. ngoJanuwari 31, kepha noma ngabe yikuphi abahlaziyi abalinganisayo ukwanda okuncane kokuthengisa phakathi kwesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule no-2016.
Imiphumela kaGartner iyathakazelisa impela ngoba isibonisa ukuthi u-7,5% wokuthengiswa kwamakhompiyutha akwa-Apple kuleli kota lonyaka iphuzu lesigamu liphakeme kunesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2015 Futhi lokhu kubheka izibalo zokuthengisa eziphansi ezihlupheka ngamakhompyutha ngokujwayelekile, kuhle. Ngokuqondakalayo, kungakuhle njalo ukuthi inkampani uqobo ikhuphuke izikhundla eziningi kulolu hlu lokuthunyelwa nokuthengiswa ukusondela ezinombolweni zeLenovo, HP noma iDell. Kepha lokhu kuyinto entsonkothile ngempela, ngaphezu kweqiniso lokuthi esimweni sefemu yaseChina iLenovo, ikhathalogu yamakhompiyutha ibanzi impela futhi idlula ngamanani entengo ahluke kakhulu kunalawo wezinto ze-Apple.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-HP ne-Dell, esendaweni yesi-2 neyesi-3 kulolu hlu, kusekude neLenovo ngokukhuphuka okuthokozisayo ngokuthengiswa kwalekota ka-2106, kodwa akwanele ukukhipha iLenovo endaweni yayo yokuqala . Ngokuqondene no-Asus, siyabona ukwehla okusobala ekuthengisweni nasekuthunyelweni ezisondele ngokusobala endaweni yesi-5 ngomehluko "wokuthunyelwa okungu-12 nje ngaphezu kwe-Apple" ngalesi sikhathi esifanayo.
Ngokuvamile singasho ukuthi i-Apple isesimweni esihle maqondana nokuthengiswa kwama-Mac ayo yize kukhona konke. Lezi zibalo ziyakhombisa futhi kufanele silinde kuze kube nguJanuwari 31 ukuwaqinisekisa, kepha okubonakala kubonakala ukwehla okuqhubekayo kokuthengiswa nokuthunyelwa kwamakhompyutha, kulekota yokugcina yonyaka ibingaphansi kuka-3,7% kunangesikhathi esifanayo sowezi-2015. Ukulinganiswa abakubonisayo kulo nyaka ka-2016 (ephelele) ngokuthengiswa kwamakhompyutha akwaMac, akukuhle impela lokhu esikusho ngoba bezokwehla ngo-8,7% uma kuqhathaniswa nango-2015, kodwa Kusalele i-Apple ukuthi ikhombise imishini emisha futhi ibone ukuthi ukuthengisa kuguquka kanjani.