Sales of Windows PCs fared better than Apple Macs during the third quarter this year.
Third-quarter PC shipments declined by 3.9 percent compared to the same quarter last year, but Mac shipments dropped by 13 percent. PC shipments totaled 68 million units, according to IDC.
The declines weren’t as bad as expected, and were roughly 3.2 percent ahead of IDC’s initial projections, the research firm said.
In the top five PC companies, fourth-placed Apple registered the largest decline, with the 13 percent drop in Mac shipments. Apple’s Mac sales totaled 5 million units during the quarter, declining from 5.76 million units in the same quarter a year ago.
