Laptops Outsell Desktops in Retail Stores

TechnoPope writes "According to this article on MSNBC.Com, laptop computers accounted for 54 percent of of 500 Million in retail computer sales last year. Also mentioned was that LCD's outsold CRT's in retail as well. "

Comments

Outsold in dollars not units.

[Snags]

Not included in the article is discussion of the fact that, per unit, more desktops/CRTs are sold than laptops/LCDs because of the costs. When people buy more laptops/LCDs despite the price, then I'll be impressed.

And where do all those laptops go?

[Minwee]

That's hardly surprising. How often do you think people replace a stolen desktop?

Haven't had it long, have you?

[fireboy1919]

Just wait 5 years.

I'll still be using the desktop machines I've got - doing incremental upgrades, of course - but it'll basically be the same boxen.

By then your laptop will be gone. Even if you don't step on it, drop it, run over it with a car, or get it stolen, it'll die from overheat or one of the internal components will break and be irreparable because everything's integrated (with the possible exception of the harddrive).

And then you'll have to buy another one.

Laptops may eventually replace desktops in per-unit usage simply because the laptop owners have to keep buying new ones, while the desktop owners don't. Kind of like how industrial laser printer sales are far fewer than inkjet printer sales.