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PC Sales Strong In Stores

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-can-buy-them-in-stores dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Notebooks and Desktops are both staying strong in brick-and-mortar sales, according to C|Net. While laptops have mostly fueled the market these last few years, Desktops actually had a little bit of a comeback." From the article: "The first quarter is always a bit slower than the fourth, when holiday shoppers often drive PC and chip companies to their strongest results of the year. This year, the drop from fourth quarter to first was a little more pronounced, echoing Intel's warning in March that earnings would fall short of expectations. But when compared with the first quarter of last year, PC shipments were up 28 percent, versus growth of 19.4 percent recorded during last year's first quarter."

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  1. vista by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 2, Funny

    How meny of them are able to run vista?

  2. so few comments... by Ryan+Monster · · Score: 4, Funny

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    1. Re:so few comments... by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Cricket sounds

  3. Vista, Vista, Vista by rmdir+-r+* · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From TFA:
    The market looks pretty good for PC vendors through the third quarter, after which the effects of Microsoft's decision to delay the launch of Vista will be determined, Baker said. Some analysts feel the overall impact of the delay will be muted, but others are worried.
    Honestly, I don't think it'll have any impact at all. Why? Because hardly anyone cares about Vista.

    Those who run corporate IT departments have no interest at all in a new OS, not while their various lockdown tools won't work on it. Consumers, by and large, don't give a damn because a) most don't understand what an operating system is and b) most haven't heard of Vista.

    Microsoft has yet to start a real advertising blitz for Vista- though if they did, you'd probably see a decline in PC sales.

    This whole article is really just a big nothing- people are still buying computers! The specs on these computers are better! The status quo has not changed very much!

  4. Re:But why would people want desktops? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Simple answer:

    The graphics cards in notebooks suck compared to those in desktops. And to top it off, graphic cards aren't exactly easy to upgrade in most notebooks.

    Sticking a new $125 graphics card into a desktop after a couple years can make a pretty big difference in 3D gaming.

  5. DB was in its maintenance... by antdude · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Database maintenance is currently taking place. Some items such as comment posting and moderation are currently unavailable." was the message for most of the afternoon (PDT).

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  6. How many sales driven by malware? by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Since most people do not need the full power of the latest and greatest machines, one wonders why so many are buying upgrades. I suspect that many customers have the impression their current computers are "too slow" because of all the spyware and viruses they are choked with. I wonder how long it will be until their new machines suffer the same fate.

    It is ironic that the architectural faults in MS Windows may be good for the bottom line of computer manufacturers and of MS itself.

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  7. I, for one... by nobodynoone · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new brick-and-mortar overlords.