Apple Now Selling Better Than One Laptop In Six

Lucas123 writes "Apple's share of the laptop market has grown over the past few years and the company is now beating Gateway in sales, according research firm NPD Group Inc. in Port Washington, NY. 'Their sales are continuing to grow faster than the rest of the marketplace,' the firm stated. In June Apple was responsible for 17.6% of laptops sold (at retail) in the US and is now in third place behind HP and Toshiba."

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Re:College kids

[psychicsword]

Most college kids I see at coffee shops have a Mac notebook...

I confim this theory.

I am currently typing from my University dorm room(at a technical school) and a know a lot of the people in the Computer and Information Sciences college have macs. Although a lot of people, including myself, are still using windows computers(mainly Dells because of the discount).

The conclusion... Macs are making a comeback but they still have a way to go. Such as a smaller price tag so I can afford the computer. Even with the school's discount I would have to pay $3000 for a Mac laptop with weaker parts than my $1500 laptop.

Plus Macs sucks with gaming where my Intel Core2 Duo laptop with powerful GeForce 8600M GS does not.
I admit the GeForce isn't the strongest out there but for the price it kicks ass.

it makes complete sense-

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Apple makes really beautiful and very well built computers that come bundled with lots of useful software. Now that they run Intel, they can run windows as well. Their laptops are expensive, but they are extremely well equipped. I'm suprised they don't sell MORE of them than they do. I'd take a MacBook Pro over DellBoxen any day of the week.

RS

Re:College kids

[TechForensics]

This thought is f*****g depressing.