Josh Ong:

Analyst Charlie Wolf of Needham & Co. informed investors on Wednesday that Mac shipment growth in the third quarter of calendar 2011 outpaced the PC market for the 22nd straight quarter. Apple’s 24.6 percent growth dwarfed the 5.3 percent growth in total PC shipments.

The growth in Macs is obviously great news for Apple. The computers are following the same trend as the rest of the company’s products like the iPhone and iPad in that they are selling them by the millions.

Computer buyers want the iMac, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, just as much as consumers want the iPhone and iPad. With Apple’s tight integration, especially with the release of iCloud, it’s easier than ever to share media and personal information between devices.

Apple made it easy for consumers to use their products, and they are responding by purchasing record numbers of devices.