Gartner and IDC see Apple’s share of declining U.S. PC market grow to 12.5-13.6%

Gartner and IDC see Apple’s share of declining U.S. PC market grow to 12.5-13.6%:

Both IDC and Gartner are out with their reports for PC shipments in the third quarter today. While Apple is not in the top 5 vendors for worldwide shipments, estimates from the two firms place Apple’s share of the U.S. market at 12.5-13.6 percent.
According to IDC’s numbers (above), Apple captured 12.5 percent of U.S. PC shipments in the third quarter, up from 11.8 percent in the same quarter last year. Apple faced a year over year unit decline of 7 percent, but market leaders HP and Dell posted shipment declines of 18.8 and 16 percent, while shipments for the U.S. market in total were down 12.4 percent.
In comparison, the same numbers from Gartner have the total market decline at 13.8 percent, and Apple with 13.6 percent of the U.S. market (compared to the 12.5 percent it estimated for Q3 2011). Estimates from both firms put Apple’s market position firmly behind HP and Dell, despite IDC estimating 4th place Lenovo’s growth at over 9 percent for the quarter:

Four of the top 5 vendors in the U.S. market experienced shipment declines. HP maintained the No. 1 position in the U.S. market despite a shipment decline of 19.3 percent (see Table 2). Lenovo was the only vendor among the top 5 to increase shipments. Both Acer and Toshiba shipments declined significantly due to the tough environment in the consumer market. Apple expected to have a PC shipment decline due to softness in the public market, but the company faced a slowdown in the consumer market.