Apple gained third place in the US PC sale market during the second quarter. A report on this ranking is released by International Data Corp (IDC) and Gartner.

According to IDC, Apple was marginally behind Acer by 2000 units while Apple is ahead of Acer by 65,000 units as per report of Gartner.

Total sale of PC in Q2 is about16.4 million units. It is 4 per cent more than the sale in previous year in Q2.

Dell has recorded first place by total PC sale of 5.25 million for second quarter. This sale is a 31.9 per cent share of market according to reports of Gartner. The sale was estimated between 11 and 12 per cent for second quarter by market experts.

HP sold 4.17 million PC and scored second place by getting 25.3 per cent market share. HP PC sale growth is 5.9 per cent less than Dell in US PC market in the second quarter.

Acer's PC sale slows down by 20.8 per cent in the 2nd quarter. It seems to happen following its acquisition of Gateway last year. Its second quarter PC sales were 1.33 million units for 8.1 per cent market share.