While analyst groups cannot agree on how much Apple Mac sales have fallen, they seem to agree that Mac growth is down and is at a two-year low. Both IDC and Gartner report declines in Mac unit sales, with 3.4% and 1.5% declines reported respectively. Even worse than Apple's low growth in the computer market is the state of the overall PC market.

IDC has found the PC market is dealing with an 11% drop, leaving Apple with a larger market share than it had before. Due to the larger declines from competitors, Apple's share in the PC market has gone from 6.9% last year to 7.5% in this year's third quarter.

Mac sales may soon get a boost from the announcement of a rumored 21.5-inch 4K iMac.