Tag Archives: notebook sales

iPad sales vs. Mac portable sales. Wow.

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

Apple recently announced yet another quarterly result filled with all manner of shocking metrics including a whopping 17 million iPads sold. That's astonishing by itself, though frankly the sales numbers have been so astonishing for so long that I've ceased … Continue reading →

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“Deep Thoughts” from TUAW

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Erica Sadun is a terrific dev/hacker and a pretty solid journalist to boot. She just penned an interesting piece over at TUAW regarding the iPad’s success. Though I’d quibble with some of her ideas here, in particular regarding the relationship … Continue reading →

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Welcome to my world, Tim Cook!

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

By now you’ve probably heard or read that Apple announced what can only be described as “ridiculous earnings” for the most recent quarter. The stock is at an all time high, the most valuable company on the planet; worth more, … Continue reading →

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Notebook shipments down 4% year over year. iPad FTW!

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

Here’s another somewhat startling yet ultimately not surprising bit of news. Following on the heels of BestBuy’s CEO’s statement that notebook (not just netbook) sales are down as much as 50% due – in his words – to the iPad, … Continue reading →

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