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Title: Laptops beat desktop shipments in Q3 2008 Post by: Alex on December 25, 2008, 08:05:39 AM Laptops beat desktop shipments in Q3 2008
With 3rd quarter sales, revenue, and earnings posted and evaluated, several surprising facts come into play. iSuppli, a market research firm, has evaluated desktop and laptop sales, and for the first time ever, laptop shipments this quarter have been above desktop shipments. 38.6 million laptops were sold last quarter, only slightly above 38.5 million desktops sold. Notebook PC shipments rose 40 percent over 3rd quarter 2007, while PC shipments fell 1.3 percent over 3rd quarter 2007. HP held the top spot for notebook shipments and PCs (14.9m units), with Dell in 2nd place (11m units), but Acer is quickly catching up (9.7m units). Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/cOo2qIFe13w/laptops-beat-desktop-shipments-in-q308 |