Posts Tagged ‘laptop sales’
Does anybody use a desktop anymore?
It looks like the laptop-in-place of a desktop trend is continuing. The Gartner tech research firm says portable PC shipments are on pace to reach 162 million units this year, a 15.4 percent increase over 2008. Desktop PCs are expected to total 136.9 million units in 2009, a 9 percent decline from 2008. Remember, last year was horrible. perhaps the worst ever. So fod desktop sales to plummet yet again portends a very dismal situtaion for the big machines that used to be the main squeeze of home computer users. And the trend for brisk laptop growth seems to be continuing, Gartner projects that...
Notebook sales surpass PCs
v class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"> Quarterly sales of notebook computers have topped those of desktop computers for the first time ever in the United States, market intelligence firm IDC reports. IDC said notebook sales made up 55.2 percent of computer sales in the July to September quarter, 18 percent growth over the same period last year and the first time they have surpassed 50 percent. The share of notebooks shipped in the U.S. in 3Q08 stood at a solid 55.2%, according to preliminary figures from IDC’s U.S. Quarterly PC Tracker. The 55% ratio was...
