What percentage of annual computer sales are laptops/notebooks?
For the first time in American history, notebooks sold better than desktops in the U.S. retail sector in 2005. Indeed, according to a CNET.com story, laptop computer sales accounted for 50.9 percent of all PC sales, while those big clunky desktops made up only 49.1 percent of sales. In comparison, looking only back to 2004, desktops then made up 57 percent of all sales. Do the math, folks-that’s nearly an 8 point drop in one year. But the latest figures osted on Thu, Nov. 16, 2006show notebook computer sales up 24 percent compared with a year ago. Analysts who get paid well to contemplate such trends have said that laptops may be getting the upper hand because they’re getting cheaper. Nowadays, quality notebooks can run as low as $1,000, bargain-basement models as little as $499. It also helps that wireless Internet connections have spread across the United States as fast as a forwarded e-mail joke. Since 2003, Wi-Fi has taken off both in te
