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Well, ok. Reading the data here, Apple and Asus shipped about the same number of notebooks last year at 17m. This year, Asus is expected to hold the line at aro
by pyrophane 10y ago
Well, ok. Reading the data here, Apple and Asus shipped about the same number of notebooks last year at 17m. This year, Asus is expected to hold the line at around 17m, while Apple shipments are predicted dropping to 13m.
I would say two things about this:
1) Except for the MacBook, it has been a year without new Apple notebooks until last week's announcement. Most of the Mac product line has been pretty crusty all year, so I imagine a lot of people have been waiting.
2) Asus ships some sub-$300 notebooks. Apple's start at $1000.
Given all that, I wouldn't say this comparison is particularly revealing.
- lmm 10y agoI think it's a sign of commodification coming to notebooks, as happened years ago with desktops. People are no longer upgrading so frequently and no longer feel the need to go for a top-of-the-line model when they do. If sub-$300 notebooks are outselling $1000+ notebooks I'd say that's a very revealing development.
- amiga-workbench 10y agoIts already happened, there is crud like the HP Stream on sale for a tiny amount of money and most of the market is stagnant with cancerous 1366x768 TN panels and truly mediocre hardware.
- bgroins 10y agoOr as average/low income non-elitists call it: my affordable computer that works just fine for what I do.
- amiga-workbench 10y agoThey would be better served by purchasing a 4-5 year old refurbed business grade computer like an Elitebook or a ThinkPad for ~120 pounds off ebay rather than buying a creaky consumer grade blob running on repurposed tablet hardware. The industry's constant race to the bottom is getting really tiresome.