Geek Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/apple-logo.gif" alt="Apple Logo" title="apple-logo" width="80" height="98" class="alignright size-full wp-image-24059" /> Apple will overtake HP as the worlds top PC vendor by mid-2012, thanks to tremendous iPad growth and increasingly strong Mac sales. </p> <p>Currently, HP holds the top spot at 16% of the PC market, but Apple is already sitting very closely behind at 15%, and the anticipated release of iPad 3 early next year could very well be the product that pushes Apple into the lead. This data comes from research firm <a href="http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-pc-market-grows-18">Canalys</a>, who paints a rosy picture for Apple but does caution the newly released Kindle Fire from Amazon will place some pressure on future iPad sales. </p> <p>Related, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apples-market-share-hits-15-year-high-report-says/2011/11/21/gIQA4aOrhN_story.html">Washington Post</a> reports that Mac market share is at a 15 year high of 5.2%, growing 24.6% in a year, while the general PC market had comparatively slower growth of just 5.3% in the same period. Also, while the iPad controls more than 60% of the tablet market officially, real-world <a href="http://blog.comscore.com/2011/11/the_rise_of_digital_omnivores.html">usage statistics</a> show the iPad accounts for a dominating 97% of web traffic from tablets, suggesting competing tablets are</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3EZc6cUzMBxDk1ua6_uoXTTHxQg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3EZc6cUzMBxDk1ua6_uoXTTHxQg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3EZc6cUzMBxDk1ua6_uoXTTHxQg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3EZc6cUzMBxDk1ua6_uoXTTHxQg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=rwlFtW3P8Ow:SmpE_Cak-eU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=rwlFtW3P8Ow:SmpE_Cak-eU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=rwlFtW3P8Ow:SmpE_Cak-eU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=rwlFtW3P8Ow:SmpE_Cak-eU:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=rwlFtW3P8Ow:SmpE_Cak-eU:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=rwlFtW3P8Ow:SmpE_Cak-eU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=rwlFtW3P8Ow:SmpE_Cak-eU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/rwlFtW3P8Ow" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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