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Mac shipments elevated 21.4% within the second quarter of 2025, in response to a market analysis agency. Apple has proven sturdy progress in shipments each quarter for the reason that launch of a number of M4-powered Mac fashions started final autumn, and the brand new chip has helped develop the corporate’s share of the worldwide market.
A lot of the prime Home windows makers additionally noticed progress final quarter, however none can match Apple’s tempo.
Mac Q2 2025 shipments: Up and up!
Demand for Macs has gone up and up. Again in the second quarter of 2023, Apple shipped 4.7 million desktops and laptops worldwide. Two years later, that whole hit 6.2 million, in response to an estimate from IDC launched Tuesday. That’s a 31% enhance over two years. And the full elevated 21% in solely the final 12 months, as famous.
For extra perspective, Q2 2020 introduced an enormous surge in laptop gross sales throughout the COVID pandemic as a result of individuals wanted to work and attend class from residence, and Apple’s whole hit 5.6 million Macs shipped. It’s now 10% above that degree.
Apple silicon apparently performs a big half in burgeoning demand. The one time previously 12 months Mac didn’t see progress was Q3 2024 whereas customers have been ready for the launch of recent fashions with the M4 chip.
Since then, MacBook Professional, MacBook Air, Mac mini and iMac have been all upgraded with the brand new processor, and clearly, it’s shifting computer systems off retailer cabinets.
Mac progress simply outpaces Home windows
Not one of the prime makers of Home windows PCs can come near matching Apple’s progress charge. Dell shipments elevated 3.7% final quarter in comparison with the identical quarter final 12 months, HP’s elevated 1.8% whereas Dell shipments dropped 3%.
Though Apple stays in fourth place within the world marketplace for desktops and laptops, its share of the market retains growing. Two years in the past, Mac made up 7.5% of whole worldwide PC shipments, and now it makes up 9.1%.
Chart: IDC
