PC sales have been in an almost continuous decline for several years now, and in Q2 2015 things were not very good for the companies that sell computers with the Windows operating system, the image on the left stands as proof.
According to some companies that analyze the evolution of the PC market, Apple was the only manufacturer that recorded an increase in PC sales in Q2 2015, the rest of the companies only recorded sales decreases, without any exception.
Mac sales increased by 16.1% in Q2 2015 compared to Q2 2014, and here we are talking about almost 700.000 more Macs sold by the Apple company during this period of the year, the increase being surprising considering the price of these PCs -hate.
Unlike Apple, Lenovo recorded a 7.5% decrease in sales, or over 1 million units, HP recorded a 10.4% decrease in sales, or 1 million units, while Dell recorded a decrease of 8.7% in sales, or 1 million units.
The most affected PC manufacturer was Acer, this company registering a 25.6% decrease in sales, or 1.6 million units, and overall the market recorded an 11.8% decrease in sales, despite the increase recorded by the company Apple.
In the US, PC shipments totaled 15.1 million units in the second quarter of 2015, a 5.8 percent decline from the second quarter of 2014 (see Table 2). The decline was led by a double-digit decline of desk-based shipments, which offset the single-digit growth of mobile PCs. Based on preliminary results, the desk-based PC shipment decline was the steepest since 2009 when the market was hit by the economic crisis.
Although at the global level the Apple company is doing extremely well, in the USA its sales decreased by 2.5%, or 50.000 units, the difference compared to the same period last year being small if we look strictly at percentages, but considerable if we do a calculation of the amounts involved.
Overall, the Apple company lost "ground" in certain markets, but gained "ground" in others, its revenues from PC sales increasing in Q2 2015 compared to Q2 2014.
