APPLE BREAKS 10% OF US MARKET

Apple continues go gain ground in the latest PC market share report by Gartner and IDC.  Apple's 3Q 2010 standings were at 10.5%, this is a 1.5% increase over 3Q 2009.  HP took the number one spot from Dell, both sliding a bit from their 3Q 2009 numbers.

Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa attributed the drop for Dell and Acer to a softening consumer market. "The third quarter historically is a strong consumer quarter, led by back-to-school sales," Kitagawa said in a statement. "Consumer mobile PC demand, driven by low-priced notebooks, including mini-notebooks, slowed after very strong growth the past two years." [Ars Technica]

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