Mac shipments up slightly in Q2 as PC market shows signs of recovery

Shipments of Apple's Mac computers were up 5.1% year over year in the second quarter of 2020, in line with wider growth experienced by the PC industry following coronavirus delays, according to research firm Gartner.

Apple is estimated to have shipped 4.4 million Macs during the three-month period ending in June, up from 4.2 million units in the year ago quarter. The performance garnered the Cupertino tech giant a fourth place spot with a 6.7% share of the PC market, Gartner says.Lenovo was once again the top manufacturer with 16.2 million units shipped in the second quarter, up 4.2% year over year. The firm's take of the market grew from 24.7% in 2019 to an even 25% in 2020. HP was an estimated 32,000 units behind Lenovo, exhibiting solid growth of 17.1% on the year.

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