Apple has become the world's fifth largest producer of computers, pushing to the sixth position by ASUS. This information was provided in the report and analytical agency International Data Corporation.
In the III quarter of 2014 Apple shipped 4.9 million computers - a little more than a year ago - when the figure was 4.5 million copies. Improvement allowed the company from Cupertino to take fifth place in the ranking of IDC, shifting from this position ASUS.
In annual terms, the PC market declined by 1.7%, while experts predicted a drop of 4.1% compared to the third quarter of 2013. Lenovo, HP, Dell and Acer, also continue to increase the supply, the report said IDC. The first position in the list took the Lenovo and HP with 15.7 million and 14.7 million, respectively, of computers.
Supply growth above mentioned companies was 12.5% compared with the same period a year earlier. Their competitors are not included in the top 5, show a marked decrease in the volume of deliveries. It is noted that the largest increase was observed in the United States, and it has helped Apple to be in the top five.
Release analysts from Gartner, the market situation is somewhat different computers. Leader in the ranking is Lenovo with a share of 19.8%, followed by HP (17,9%), the third at Dell (12,8%), the fourth Acer (8,6%), fifth in ASUS (7,3 %). In this case, consideration was given as tablets running Windows 8.