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Study: Average Mac Computer Price More That Twice That of Average PC

Fanboys, get your commenting fingers warmed up. A new study shows that, on average, the cost of a Windows PC is half that of an Apple computer. According to data collected by the NPD group, the average Windows notebook goes for $700, while the average Apple laptop costs above $1,500, dropping a mere $59 in the last two years. And that's nothing compared to desktop computers. More »

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2:15 PM on Wed Aug 6 2008
By Adam Frucci
31,165 views, 332 comments

Latest by JEmlay: @badbri: You are clueless. OSX is just as unsecured as Vista if not more. Don't read any news on this more »

consoles

Wii is Now the Number One Console in the U.S.

After outselling the Xbox 360 3:1 in June (660,000 vs 219,800), the Wii eeked ahead in the total U.S. sales race by 500,000 consoles, despite the 360's one-year head start. NPD is also reporting a 53% increase in game and hardware sales across the industry compared to this time last year. [Information Week]

10:30 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By John Mahoney
5,091 views, 90 comments

Latest by DozeUser: @imTheKing: My computer is my main gaming console, I do have balls despite what you seem to think, the wii more »

itunes

Apple Confirms #1 Music Retailer Status With Four Billion Songs Sold

Apple's just confirmed the morning's news on them being the number one music retailer in the US. The stuff to take away: four billion songs sold, six million songs in the catalog, the most music sold in January and February out of any retailer. Hit the jump if you want to see Apple gloat for themselves. More »

3:26 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Jason Chen
5,049 views, 69 comments

Latest by timaeus: I guess your opinion of Wal-Mart's satus depends on what part of the country you live in. A not -so-recent more »

apple

Ars: iTunes #1 Music Retailer in January (Debunkers Be Hanged)

Citing NPD data and internal Apple sources, Ars Technica declared iTunes the #1 music retailer in January, besting Wal-Mart for the first time, along with Best Buy, Amazon and others. Debunkers have claimed that this is only because of gift-card redemption but Ars' Eric Bangeman updated his piece, calling BS on the BS callers: More »

10:25 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,845 views, 36 comments

Latest by timaeus: I guess your opinion of Wal-Mart's satus depends on what part of the country you live in. A not more »

apple

Apple Second Only To Wal-Mart in Music Sales, But For How Long?

Apple just slipped out a second press release this AM bragging that, according to NPD, it is now the #2 music retailer in the US, behind the megalithic Wal-Mart. More »

10:06 AM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Wilson Rothman
6,656 views, 38 comments

format war

Toshiba Says Blu-ray Victory Numbers May Be Fluke

After an NPD report showed Blu-ray had 93% of the market for that week, the Blu-ray coalition had good cause to do (or keep doing) the victory dance. But Toshiba's teary-eyed rebuttal makes sense, so we thought we'd share it:
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9:07 AM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Wilson Rothman
18,837 views, 77 comments

format war

Blu-ray Domination Pushes Hardware Sales to 93% After CES

If all the talk of HD DVD's demise wasn't enough to actually convince you that it's all but over for HD DVD, take a look at these numbers from the research group NPD. The two formats sold almost neck and neck in the week leading up to CES, but Blu-ray completely knee-to-groined HD DVD in the week of CES's shenanigans with a 92.53% hardware sales rate. Our only question is: what the heck is that 7.47% thinking? [Electronista]

7:00 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Jason Chen
19,263 views, 72 comments

Latest by Superchargedgtp: PS3 + Blu Ray = I win! :) more »

Apple Notebooks Up to 17.6% of Market Share Apple notebooks are in third place for US market share at 17.6 percent. That's not far behind the leaders, Dell and HP, which have an approximate share of 50% total, together. Interestingly, 19% percent of Gizmodo readers use Macs. [Macworld]

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the iphone effect?

Apple Notebook and Desktop Share Rising (A Little)


It was called the iPod effect, but maybe now it should be dubbed the iPhone effect. The force compelling people to switch from PCs to Macs was doing something this past May, though it's not exactly easy to spot on a pie chart. More »

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6:30 PM on Thu Jun 21 2007
By Wilson Rothman
5,577 views, 43 comments

Latest by ANoel: @Wegmans yummy =^. .^= treats. more »