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. "

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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.

A hidden reason

[Ignorant Aardvark]

We all know that porn drives all the technological progress we evidence around us. What do you think the first telescopic lens was made for? To look at the sky? Hah! Gallileo happened to have a really attractive woman living next door.

So it should be no surprise that laptops are outselling personal computers, because they are much more suited for the Viewing Of and Whacking Off To porn. Personal computers are large, unwieldy, and it's easy to get caught "doing the nasty" in front of them. Not so with laptops, in my personal opinion. They're portable, and can be transferred to anywhere in the house (along with thier pornographic contents) for ease of masturbation.

What sort of innovations does the future hold? I can't say for sure. But I can say for certain that they will bring pornography to us in more detail than ever before.

Steve Jobs = Nostradamus?

[tweder]

And here I thought Steve Jobs was simply weilding the "Reality Distortion Field " when he declared this year as "The Year of the Laptop."

Slight Increase in Price?

[temojen]

I'm not sure what planet you're from, but where I'm from a 17", 1600x1200 CRT retails for ~$279CDN, and a 17", 1600x1200 LCD retails for ~$890CDN.

To me, 3x is not a slight difference in price.

And where do all those laptops go?

[Minwee]

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

LCD's are cheap

[vasqzr]

I got an email from TigerDirect today.

LCD specials

14" for $159
15" for $219
17" for $319

Do we see 17" LCD's for $249 this Holiday season?

LCD's are great for multiple monitor set ups, your desk doesn't collapse like with CRTs. Then again, your colors don't quite match up either...

Re:Laptops Rule!

[Anonymous Coward]

I love my laptop so much, too. It really depresses me to see it disappear as I stand up. But you can hardly imagine my joy at having it return as I sit down again.

Common Complaint

[vasqzr]

(Assuming you're using Windows)

Turn on Large Fonts.

I hear this all the time with my laptop users at work.

You can't get any work done in 800x600 anyway. Hell, for much other than Word, 1024x768 stinks too!

No it's not.

[The Grinner]

I can see how it's sort of ambiguous in the original article, if however you go to the NPD web site you can read their original press release where it's actually clear that they are refering to # of units sold for LCD's. It also turns out though that they are indeed refering to percentage of money for Desktop/Laptop sales.

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.