Tag: sales
Apple Sells 500k MacBook Airs and 1 Million Lion Downloads on Day One
On the first day of availability, OS X Lion sold over 1 million copies in the Mac App Store, and Apple also reportedly sold over 500,000 new MacBook Air notebooks. The ease of purchasing Lion and the hot new specs of the MacBook Air combined to deliver a value too many users couldn’t pass up, [...]
Dell Gets Unlikely Help From Apple to Regain Number 2 PC Market Share Spot
In the fourth quarter of 2010, Dell edged out rival Acer to re-claim the second place PC vendor spot behind HP in terms of market share. Dell managed to this through an unlikely friend–Apple’s iPad. As the iPad cannibalized consumer notebook and netbook sales, of which Acer is heavily invested in, Dell remained strong in the corporate [...]
Apple iPad and Android Tablet Success May Drive Up Notebook Prices
As tablets gain in popularity, more glass is needed to make them. As a result, sales of popular devices like Android tablets, the iPad and the forthcoming iPad 2 could drive up the cost of notebook computers because the same material used to make popular tablet screens will be in greater demand causing notebook computer [...]
Apple iPad is Fastest Selling Electronic Device Ever
The Apple iPad is the fastest selling non-phone electronic device ever according to Bernstein Reserch (via The Unofficial Apple Weblog). According to the company’s Colin McGranahan the iPad will likely sell 8.5 million units by year’s end. This makes it a runaway success of unprecedented proportion.†On the most recent MacBreak Weekly, a show on [...]
iPad Eating Into Notebook Computer Sales Says Multiple Sources
Two different sources have stated that the Apple iPad is eating into the sales numbers of notebook computers. First we heard this last month from Asus, when president and CEO Jerry Chen blamed the iPad for their down tick in netbook sales. Now, BestBuy and other sources are claiming that the iPad is cutting into regular [...]
15-inch Notebooks Most Popular at Expense of Smaller Notebooks
Sales of 15-inch notebooks significantly outpaced all other sizes of notebooks in second quarter 2010 sales figures from DisplaySearch. The result is that some manufacturers, going where the dollars are, will not be shipping as many 13 and 14-inch models displeasing at least one observer. An article at Laptop Magazine hammers consumers calling them clueless†[...]
Get a Deal on a MSI Notebook from Woot
For those looking for a deal on a notebook, here is one from our friends over at Woot! Woot! is the online site offering one-day deals and steals, and today is no exception. On today’s deal is a MSI X-Slim 15.6′ notebook with USB DVD burner for $499 plus $5 shipping. What is the specs [...]
Notebook Demand in China catching up to U.S.
Notebook computer manufacturers are predicting that global sales will be flat in the second half of 2010, compared to the first half. This would buck the normal trends, says a Digitimes report and might not be seen as good news for manufacturers who depend on Christmas sales here in the West. According to the report, last year [...]
HP and Dell Moving Out of Netbooks?
Ten-inch netbooks from Dell and HP may become more scarce according to DigiTimes (via Engadget). The sources say Dell will be cutting production and HP may possibly even leave the space to focus on larger 11.6 inch notebooks with AMD chips. Prices have been cut by competitors and the manufacturers are seeing lower than expected [...]
First Day iPad Sales v. iPhone Sales
Brainstorm Tech is reporting that first day orders of the Apple iPad reached nearly 120,000 units. The numbers are based on figures from an amateur Apple analyst named Daniel Tello. Apple sold a total of 124,596 items in general through their online store. Subtract 16,500 typical daily orders and multiply that by 1.11 which is [...]
