NPD Group research shows retail sales are far out pacing desktop sales. For the month of March, 2007, brick and mortar retail sales of notebooks totaled $697 million. During the same period, desktop sales were only $305 million at retail.
Toshiba was the most popular brand with a 26.2% unit share. HP followed closely with 23.9% unit share, while Gateway is a distant third with 13% unit share. Apple notebooks ranked 4th with 9.9% of retail unit sales and Compaq rounded out the top-five at 8.5%.
HP holds nearly one third of retail unit sales when combined its two notebook brands’ (HP and Compaq) are combined.
Rank Brand Unit Share 1 Toshiba 26.2% 2 Hewlett Packard 23.9% 3 Gateway 13.0% 4 Apple 9.9% 5 Compaq 8.5%Total Dollar Volume: $696,976,800 NPD's numbers exclude Wal-Mart and stores where memberships are required.