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Laptop PCs outsell Desktop PCs for first time ever

Posted Dec 29th 2008 10:30AM by Brian WhiteBrian White RSS Feed
Filed under: Industry, Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

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We've all watched as laptop PCs sold like hotcakes over the last few years and gradually take market share from the desktop PC. Customers are finding out that the computing power they need is plentifully supplied by an all-in-one portable laptop and the cables, desk space and noise of a desktop PC simply isn't needed any longer.

For the first time, laptop PC sales outranked desktop PC sales during last quarter. Brands like Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NYSE: HPQ), Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Taiwan's Acer sold an astounding 38.6 million portable PCs, compared with 38.5 million desktop units, according to research firm iSuppli.

HP continued dominating laptop PCs, with 18.8% of sales during the last quarter. Dell was quite a bit behind the leader with13.9% of sales. Acer took in 12.2% of sales. Although the desktop PC is far from dead, the consumer market is slowly abandoning them for cheap and powerful laptops as time goes by.

When is the last time you saw a perfectly-equipped laptop PC for under $600? Look in the ads from any Sunday newspaper -- they are there. And, customers are buying them like crazy.

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