That’s pretty incredible growth, no matter how you look at it.

Apple’s notebooks received the majority of attention in 2008. The MacBook line was and with faster processors and upgraded graphics. The company also in January, which appealed to executive-type users who wanted a lightweight Mac for traveling.

The Mac Pro was updated early in the year and hasn’t been updated since. The Mac mini didn’t even do that well—it hasn’t been updated since 2006. The iMac saw its only update of the year in late April.

The lack of updates began to show by the end of the year as analysts said the older machines were in “need of a refresh.”

However, research throughout the year clearly showed Apple was onto something really good with its notebooks. According to market-research firm NPD Group, , an increase of 2.2 percentage points over the same period last year, when Apple posted a 15.4 percent market share.