I-IDC yokubonisana namuhla yethule izibikezelo zayo zokuthengisa ezilinganiselwe zemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene, kubhekiswa ekuthengisweni komhlaba jikelele maqondana nemakethe ye-PC ngekota yokugcina ka-2014. Emininingwane ethunyelwe singabona ukuthi i-Apple ingaqhubeka kanjani nokukhuphuka ezikhundleni maqondana nabanye abakhiqizi ngokuthengisa inani eliphakeme lama-Mac kunakwikota efanayo ngonyaka odlule. Lokhu kubonisana kwaqale kwabikezela ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwamayunithi we-PC kuzokwehla nge-4,8% minyaka yonke, kepha imakethe empeleni yenze kanjalo ngo-2,4%. Yize ukwehla kungaphawulwanga njengoba bekushiwo, akulona iqiniso elincane ukuthi imakethe ikhombisa izimpawu zokukhathala ngesikhathi sokuncipha kokuthengisa, lona kungunyaka wesithathu wokuwa Ekuthengisweni okuphelele kuvuna ama-smartphones amasha noma amaphilisi anezikrini ezinkulu namathuba akhulayo.
Ngokuya ngemininingwane ekhonjisiwe, inani eliphelele lama-PC athengiswe ngalesi sikhathi sekota lifike ku- amayunithi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-80, okuyingxenye encane kuphela yamayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-308 athengiswe ngonyaka ka-2014. Izikhundla zizonikezwa noLenovo endaweni yokuqala elandelwa yi-HP, Dell, Make and I-Apple isendaweni yesihlanu ngokulandelanaUma sibheka ukuthengiswa komhlaba wonke, uma sibheka kuphela ukuthengisa ngaphakathi e-US, i-Apple izokhuphukela endaweni yesithathu.
Kuyathakazelisa ukubona ukuthi i-Apple ngabe yayithengise kanjani ama-Macs ayizigidi ezingama-5,75 emhlabeni wonke, okungasho lokho ukukhula kwe-18,9% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule kodwa okucishe kube yizigidi ezingama-2.24 zale mishini edayiswa e-United States kuphela, into ekhombisa ukuthi imakethe yaseMelika iyaqhubeka nokugxila kakhulu kuyo. Khumbula ukuthi i-Apple isivele ifinyelele kwirekhodi eliphezulu ekuthengisweni kwe-Mac kwikota edlule ngama-Macs ayisigidi esingu-5,52 athengisiwe.
NgoJanuwari 27, i-Apple izoshicilela ngokusemthethweni imiphumela yayo yezezimali lapho sizobona khona ukuthi ikhona ngempela yini ushintsho olwethulwe nge-iMac Retina nokuvuselelwa kulayini wayo we-Mac kugcina inkampani isendleleni efanele.
