late last year, research firm canalys predicted apple might become world's largest pc manufacturer during fourth quarter of 2011 if tablets counted alongside more traditional computers. major firms having reported sales numbers quarter, canalys has pieced numbers confirm apple has indeed taken lead on strength of ipad.the report notes tablets such ipad accounted 22% of pc sales during quarter, amazon kindle fire , barnes & noble nook contributing strong tablet performance.
based on data canalys , other research firms, appears ipad have been able top list without of mac, achieved record sales during quarter. apple sold 15.43 million ipads during quarter, canalys, gartner, , idc pegging non-tablet market leader hp's shipments between 14.7 , 15.3 million units.
whether or not ipads , other tablets should counted pcs has become vigorous debate observers take differing views on how "personal computers" should defined. apple making ipad "pc free" eliminating need sync computer via itunes , increasing numbers of consumers relying on ipads everyday computer functionalities such browsing, email , music, broad array of apps, lines between 2 types of devices becoming increasingly blurred.
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