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iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales
Hugh Pickens writes "Fortune magazine reports that sales growth of low-cost, low-powered netbooks peaked last summer at an astonishing 641% year-over-year growth rate but netbook sales fell off a cliff in January and shrank again in April — collateral damage, according to Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty, from the January introduction and April launch of the iPad. In support of Huberty's theory, she offers a Morgan Stanley/Alphawise survey conducted in March which found that 44% of US consumers who were planning to buy an iPad said they were buying it instead of a netbook or notebook computer. In related news, Apple announced that it sold its one millionth iPad last week, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. 'One million iPads in 28 days — that's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,' says Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. 'Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.'"
Let me go ahead and drop eight hundred bucks on a web-surfing and e-mail viewing device.
What in the hell.
Denial, anecdotal evidence, name calling and judgement, no doubt. Followed by the soft pitter patter of their tears on the pillow they also use as a masturbation aid. Oh look, it has already begin!
says Andrew Kent, Slashdot Poster. 'People are idiots.'
On the Oregon Cost born and raised, On the beach is where I spent most of my days
> When un-crippled devices proved to complex to use and maintain.
If it weren't for the existence of the Macintosh, you might have a point.
It's funny how the members of the cult need to trash the old messiah in order to elevate the new one.
Last year they would have been slinging a different tune.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Apple Shill Moderators: The Movie: The Game.
How is it a troll to bring up the price when the person I'M REPLYING TO said it was great for web-surfing and e-mail? Get your heads out of your asses, mods.
I'd thought that Netbooks had a rather limited appeal, but that they'd continue to sell to the customers who fit that niche. I was expecting the iPad to sell to a much wider group of users, though.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
But I know Macs are not too complex to use and maintain because Steve says they are intuitive. Have Macs suddenly become too complex for Apple customers?
An iPad is a big iPod Touch.
A swimming pool is a big bathtub. Are you starting to get some idea of how silly that complaint is?
A 1024x768 display, a ten hour battery life, and multi-touch UI, make it an excellent tool for a lot of applications. There are a whole lot of iPhone apps that make much more sense on an iPad.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
You just said it's not Jobs' way to give the consumer choices after stating that the iPad gave consumers choices...Slashdot can be do pathetic sometimes...you guys are really reaching here for something to hate Apple for.
it's a leisure device, it's instant-on and easy enough for kids to use without messing things up.
Fuck that, I WANT my kid to mess his computer up. And when he does, unless it is something catastrophically, crazy messed up, he has to learn how to fix it himself.
My dad did the same with me, and it has served me very well. Provide the basics, let them figure out the rest. Mistakes are the best teachers.
Living With a Nerd
its pretty obvious that you are so filled with hate for the ipad simply because you can't afford it.
of course you could never admit it but that's because you're a gutter-snipe.
95% of the criticism that's leveled against apple kit is based on jealously - it's an unspoken but obvious truth.
its pretty obvious that you are so filled with hate for the ipad simply because you can't afford it.
Why of course, that must be it!
of course you could never admit it but that's because you're a gutter-snipe.
I don't know about that...I don't really go outside much.
95% of the criticism that's leveled against apple kit is based on jealously - it's an unspoken but obvious truth.
Yes, that's it. I'm jealous that people are spending the same amount of money on an iPad that I spent on my laptop, yet they have half the functionality of my purchase. Stupid features and usability. What the hell was I thinking, why wouldn't I want to spend the same amount of money for less functionality? Doy.
Living With a Nerd
Try it.
wow - i wish for one second you could know how this comment makes you appear. that moment would change your life forever i promise you.
please tell us what part of this don't you understand - apple make fisher price computers - buying one has always indicated that you're clueless and/or susceptible to marketing.
but as of now, buying apple kit indicates that you don't care about openness, freedom and everything that is good about computing. it is a device to mindlessly and expensively consume big media. revolting, just like the people who buy it.
I assure you that most people are not as stupid as you (think they are). I bought my iPad because it's NOT a big laptop. Why the fuck would I want one of those?
The iPad does about 90% of what I use a computer for outside of work. And I can bring it anywhere and use it fully in most places I go (i.e. AT&T has coverage). Why would I NOT want one?
Ones who learned maths and physics and sciencey stuff rather than dance and drama and drawing and whatever else mac zealots 'qualified' in?
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.
It's a shame you're surrounded by idiots. Of course, since you're one of them, I guess you don't really notice the smell.
"Netbooks are also more bulky, heavier"
You're either a woman or a faggot. The difference in size and weight between a netbook and the iPad doesn't amount to much unless you're a fag.
"less battery life"
Right, but not by much. High end netbooks (on the price range of the iPad) can go up to 9 hours. And unlike the iPad, you can get a new battery or two if you need more.
"don't have a GPS or compass"
The fuck ? what do you need a GPS and a compass for on a computer that doesn't sit in a car ?
"and usually have a worse UI for simple tasks like content consumption."
Yeah, using Google Chrome on a netbook is so vastly more complicated than Crapple Safari, cry me a river.
Bitch.
They are not alone...
The BBC has this problem.
As does CNN.
Even Engadget has their finger on this pulse...
And the odd TV station.
And just plain odd sites.
The U.S. Army got in on this one.
And Rutgers University chimed in. Well, someone at Rutgers.
If your point was that Fox News got snookered, well, they are in good company. If your point was that this is jsut another example of Fox News incompetence, well, you can use the same brush to tar CNN and the BBC. Though what the threee have in common escapes me. Oh, wait, I know.
They all purport to deliver the truth.
Right.
Nice try though. Keep swinging. In baseball, succeeding once in 4 at bats will get you a decent job. In politics and Slashdot, you need much less. Way much less.
deleting the extra space after periods so i can stay relevant, yeah.
It's all show and barely any go. I won't buy one and that's all I care about.
Hopefully netbook and notebook prices will be driven down, as those are devices I actually find useful.
Why are you so butthurt for Apple?
Blar.
I'll eat my hat if Apple sells 12 million iPads in 2010. 6-8 million is very likely however. At the end of the year though, 3 million of those units are likely to have been bought simply due to Apple marketing and not because it was a better option to the customer than a netbook. Perhaps 3-5 million units will be "cannibalized" from Netbook sales by the end of the year.
moox. for a new generation.
You're missing the point. What people are complaining about isn't OS X, it's the lack of it. The iPad runs a useless locked down OS derived from OS X but not OS X. The decision to lock down the OS and force developers to go through Apple's App store is what has geeks turning sour on Apple. If the iPad ran regular OS X everyone would be saying it was brilliant (or at least they would 3 generations from now once they add all the missing features).
And since you want to measure cocks^H^H^H^H^ jobs. I own 2 small companies, both of which use Macs for everything except servers (the servers are FreeBSD). Those Macs run OS X 70% of the time Windows XP and 7 about 29% of the time (does it run in IE6?) and Linux 1% (whenever someone drops a hard drive). I don't get paid by the hour, but if I did it would be a hell of a lot more then $95. Suffice to say I won't be buying any iPads, because they are useless.
according to the market, it's still head and shoulders above all the other crappy bullshit that is flogged by Apple's competitors
Hell no it's not. There were 33.3 million netbooks sold last year. When the iTampon even begins to remotely approach that number, give me a call. Apple's not exactly taking over here.
Hey, I finally got my first freak! Took you long enough!
Wh-Why would we need to compare a Thinkpad with some other Apple/PC product? :'( they are not in the same league, It's unfair, you're a bad person by comparing business machines to toys. What next? "I'm glad I have this Volvo truck to move this container full of hard drives, I don't know how I could do it with a Twingo" :)
Speaking of real hardware, this is a tablet:
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