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To: SmokingJoe

How are desktop sales doing? Is this an increase in sales, or just laptops being used as desktop replacements?


5 posted on 05/26/2010 8:08:22 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
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To: KarlInOhio
Desktops sales registered strong increases as well apparently, in the US anyways:

Desktop Sales Skyrocket, ASPs Rise
"Friday, March 19, 2010 - by Joel Hruska
The NPD Group released a statement today that points toward surprising growth in desktop sales this past February. Historically, desktop sales have trended steadily downwards for the past ten years; notebook shipments first surpassed desktop shipments in 2008. New data suggests the pendulum has oddly swung the other way—desktop unit sales were up 30 percent in February, while desktop-derived revenue grew by 33 percent."

Read more: http://hothardware.com/News/Desktop-Sales-Skyrocket-ASPs-Rise/#ixzz0p35xKUPX

9 posted on 05/26/2010 8:17:29 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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