comp.sys.mac.advocacy

In article ,
ZnU wrote:

> In article <64itm9F2c23v2U1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Patrick Nihill" wrote:
>
> > "Jim" wrote in message
> > news:jim-CACAEE.09550821032008@netnews.comcast.net...
>
> > > Why, when that *appears* to be the direction whole computer planet
> > > is moving, towards laptops.
> >
> > It is, but the overall balance, from the last figures I saw, was
> > still about 50-50. I'd be a bit surprised if Apple's figures were
> > that far out-of-line with the rest of the industry.
>
> Laptop sales were more like 60% of CPU units for Apple as of Q1 2008.
> And that was before the Air was shipping.
>
> It's not all that hard to see how Apple's numbers could skew more
> heavily toward laptops than the general industry numbers. Apple's design
> strengths are more significant in the laptop market, and Macs are
> getting popular with certain demographics more likely to buy laptops,
> like college students. Also, consumers are probably more likely to buy
> laptops than companies these days, and Apple sells mostly to the
> consumer market.

Not to mention, the economics of laptops drive the price that other
makers can charge closer to Apple's price.

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