Apple is now a top 5 PC vendor thanks to sales of its iPad tablet computer. According to Canalys, the iPad captured approximately 6 percent of the portable PC segment in Q2 2010, with over 3 million units shipped during the device’s first few months on the market. Conversely, growth in the netbook market continued to slow, as vendors struggled to deliver new product innovations. Many manufacturers have announced the launch of ‘pads’ for later this year and Canalys expects the pad PC market to reach 12.5 million units in 2010, growing to 66 million by the end of 2014.