MacBook Sales Estimated to Decline in Apple’s Fourth Quarter

According to market research company Gartner, Apple’s share in the global personal computer (or PC) market is estimated to decline in the third quarter of calendar year 2018 (or Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2018). Global PC shipments have been estimated to be flat at 67.20 million units in the third quarter. Gartner estimated Apple’s (AAPL) MacBook shipments at 4.9 million units in the third quarter of 2018, a decline of 8.5% year-over-year compared to 5.4 million units shipped in Q3 2017.