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# The Global PC Market is Shrinking Quite a Bit
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/pc-shrink-10/
- Published: 2015-07-10T16:51:42.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-10T16:51:42.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: tech, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Global PC market shrinks 11.8% year-over-year](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150709006274/en/PC-Market-Continues-Decline-Windows-10-Release?ref=birchtree.me#.VZ%5FLChk8KJK):

> With shipments totaling nearly 16.4 million PCs in 2Q15, the U.S. market shrank -3.3% from the same quarter a year ago. Although most vendors saw volume decline, gains from Apple and Lenovo helped limit the overall decline.

As someone who has been following the company since the mid-90s, it's amazing that Apple has gotten big enough that their sales are impacting the overall market in a meaningful way.