Gartner has released preliminary market share numbers for 3Q 2006 (calendar, Apple's financial 4Q) which show Apple seeing substantial industry growth at 1.5%. Apple now ships 6.1% of all U.S. PCs, 4th in the industry behind Gateway (6.4%), HP (23...

Gartner: Apple At 6.1% U.S. Market Share, Up 1.5% From Last Year