Apple snags 14 percent of US-based PC retail sales in February

Impressive. 

Growth in Apple's personal computer business continued to outpace the industry average last month, with Macs accounting for a 14 percent unit share and 25 percent dollar share of all US-based PC retail sales, according to market research firm NPD.

The results -- first revealed in an investor note from Pacific Crest Securities analyst Andy Hargreaves on Monday -- represent 60 percent unit growth and 67 percent revenue growth over the same period one year ago. At the same time, overall US PC retail shipments grew just 9 percent on a 5 percent increase in revenues.

AppleInsider | Apple snags 14 percent of US-based PC retail sales in February

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[Rob Axelrod]

Every techie that I know is coveting a MacBook and planning on that as their next machine. With the amazing virtualization of Windows with Paralells and VMWare fusion you get the best of both worlds. The other day I set up Paralells for the first time and migrated a locked down corporate Windows labtop to a virtual image with about 20 minutes of labor on my part.

I think as more young people and techies get Macs the pace of adoption will accelerate.