NPD Report: Apple Garners 14% of February Retail PC Sales

A newly released report by market research firm NPD shows Apple with a 14% share of PC sales in February, and a 25% share of PC dollars spent. In February of 2007 Macs had only 9% of retail PC sales and 15% of PC dollars spent (let's admit it; Macs are more expensive).

The report, outlined below, also shows an increase of 60% in unit sales from 2007 and a 67% growth from 2007 in terms of dollars.

In fact, in all categories, Macs outpaced the market as a whole. Is it a sign that the Mac is finally gaining critical mass with consumers? It would also have to make inroads into the Enterprise to really make a dent in the PC market.

But perhaps that's starting. Pacific Crest Securities analyst Andy Hargreaves, also on Monday, who has had nothing but positives to say Apple-wise of late, said in an investor's note that the MacBook Air is selling strongly to corporations.

"Macbook Air sales appear to be additive to total sales, rather than replacing Macbook Pro sales. We believe a new set of corporate customers make up a meaningful portion of MacBook Air buyers."

Check out the data: