{"id":17041,"date":"2014-01-13T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=17041"},"modified":"2014-01-12T13:17:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T20:17:35","slug":"newsletter-issue-737-there-are-mac-sales-and-there-are-mac-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2014\/01\/newsletter-issue-737-there-are-mac-sales-and-there-are-mac-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #737: There Are Mac Sales and There Are Mac Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Gartner and IDC are playing the PC sales estimate game, and the ultimate question is whom do you trust? As far as Apple is concerned, it would seem they would prefer to believe Gartner, although the real numbers are already known, ready to disclose on January 27.<\/p>\n<p>But having a hint of what is to come would surely help to satisfy the curiosity of Apple fans, Mac users, investors and, of course, members of the tech and financial media, particularly those who have suggested Apple is on the rocks.<\/p>\n<p>So in the fourth quarter of 2013, we have those predictable numbers indicating that the PC market is sliding faster than ever. According to Gartner, they were down 7.5% in the U.S., and 6.9% worldwide. Apple, however, bucked the trend with a 28.5% increase.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2014\/01\/newsletter-issue-737\/#sales\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Gartner and IDC are playing the PC sales estimate game, and the ultimate question is whom do you trust? As far as Apple is concerned, it would seem they would prefer to believe Gartner, although the real numbers are already known, ready to disclose on January 27. 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