Here are your daily Apple rumors and AAPL stock news items for Friday: Macs
Make Up 5% of Global PC Market: Take that, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ). While
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) continues to empty wallets thanks to the popularity of its
smartphones and tablets, the company continues to make modest gains in its
traditional computer business, which many people thought would die during the
1990s. A Friday report at All Things Digital said that, according to Needham &
Co. analyst Charlie Wolf, Apples Mac desktop and laptop computers made up 5% of
global PC shipments in the last quarter . Sales in Asian markets and with
business clients are big contributors in the Mac lines impressive growth. Mac
sales grew 43.8% with businesses. The last quarter was the 22nd consecutive
quarter that Mac shipments have increased. Big PC Companies Leave Tablet Market
in 2012: In other news about Apple eating the PC industrys lunch, a Friday
report in Digitimes (via Apple Insider ) said many companies are preparing to
cede the tablet market to Apple and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ). Citing industry
sources, the report said that four of the biggest PC makers on the planet
including Dell (NASDAQ: DELL ), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ), Asus and Acer
will exit the tablet market in 2012 . The reason? These companies cant expect to
make a profit on devices that sell as cheaply as Amazons Kindle Fire, and they
cant compete with the popularity of Apples iPad. The report, of course, runs
contrary to recent comments made by HP CEO Meg Whitman regarding her companys
future in the tablet market. Apple May Lose Billions Fighting Motorola in Court:
On Nov. 4, Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI ) won an injunction against Apple in
Germany blocking Apple from selling its mobile products like the iPhone and iPad
in that country. On Friday, a Bloomberg report (via 9 to 5 Mac ) said Apple
stands to lose as much as $2.7 billion if it loses the patent case in question.
As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not hold a position in any of the
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