Apple Thoughts: Apple Maintains 4th on the List

"Mac sales saw double-digit growth in the third quarter of 2009, maintaining Apple's position as the fourth-largest U.S. PC manufacturer, according to new data released Wednesday from IDC."

The overall PC market grew 2.5%, surprisingly with all the recession talk. And as you can see from the chart above, Dell was the company hit hardest in terms of overall growth, losing 13.4% from the same time last year. The big winner was Acer, helped by the netbook market, with 48.3% followed closely by Toshiba with 37.4%. Apple had the 3rd highest growth percentage at 11.8% to go along with their 9.4% market share.