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Notebook sales on the up
News While notebook sales have been particularly brisk at retail, growing by 30 percent or more in February and March, sales to corporations -- which account for the largest portion of notebooks purchased -- were slow in 2001 and the first quarter of...
[May 3, 2002, 14:20]
Notebook sales boom
News Notebook unit sales in May increased by 33 percent from April and rose 58 percent compared with May 2002, according to new data from NPD Techworld, which tracks retail sales in the United States. The notebook segment hit that revenue record by...
[July 2, 2003, 15:43]
Notebook sales lift Apple earnings
News Although notebook sales were strong, sales of the iMac dropped substantially from the prior quarter and a year ago. Our 'year of the notebook' is off to a great start, led by the incredible demand for our new aluminum 12-inch and 17-inch PowerBook...
[April 17, 2003, 8:47]
Apple notebook sales get Titanium boost
News Apple Computer bucked sluggish retail notebook sales in February, with sales up 31 percent year over year. Apple's Titanium PowerBook G4 led the rally, accounting for 52 percent of the company's notebook sales, according to a new report from NPD...
[March 30, 2001, 8:59]
IBM grabs top spot in notebook sales
News Overall, the notebook market is expected to show greater elasticity recovering from the computer sales slump than PCs. The worldwide notebook market ended the year in a photo finish, as four contenders closely vied for the top spot.
[January 29, 2001, 16:23]
Western Digital boosted by notebook sales
News According to Western Digital, 42 percent of revenue in the second quarter was derived from what it called "newer market sources" such as notebook PCs, consumer electronics, and Western Digital-branded retail sales.
[January 26, 2007, 15:39]
Consumer sales boost notebook market
News Notebook PCs claimed a larger portion of computer sales during 2002, continuing a four-year run of increases in unit shipments, a new study by tech researcher IDC indicates. Notebook shipments have been marching steadily upward since early 1998...
[March 26, 2003, 15:58]
Falling prices drive UK notebook sales
News The notebook segment drove the sales, fuelled by falling prices in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Computer sales to channels in key European markets grew by 4.2 percent in May compared with the same month a year ago, according to data...
[June 21, 2004, 10:40]
Notebook market grows as PCs falter
News Depsite the continuing recession in the IT industry, notebook computers easily outpaced the PC market as a whole in the second quarter. Worldwide notebook shipments grew 6.1 percent compared with the same period last year.
[August 1, 2002, 15:36]
Acer clinches top spot for Euro notebooks
News Notebook sales as a whole are climbing steadily — albeit at a slower growth rate than that of Acer — increasing 29 percent over the past year. PC sales were expected to dip in the fourth quarter due to a succession of notebook battery fires and...
[January 3, 2007, 15:48]
UK notebook market booms
News Notebook sales are booming in the UK as vendors and retailers squeeze their profit margins to generate demand. Over the past 12 months, overall sales grew 15.7 percent, driven by a strong notebook market, which saw sales rise 41.7 percent.
[August 14, 2003, 17:25]
HP earnings beat Wall Street estimates
News HP beat Wall Street earnings estimates this quarter, lead by strong notebook sales growth. Notebook sales increased 26 percent since the same quarter a year ago, and the company remains the top PC provider worldwide.
[August 20, 2008, 10:07]
AMD unveils two new notebook chips
News Advanced Micro Devices released two notebook chips on Sunday, building on a recent surge of sales of processors for portables. The company said last week in its second-quarter earnings call that consumer notebook sales had "increased considerably...
[July 19, 2004, 9:15]
Notebook shipments exceed desktops for first time
News Sales of notebook PCs exceeded those of desktops for the first time ever in the third quarter of 2008, according to the market data company iSupply. Notebook PC shipments rose nearly 40 percent in the third quarter of 2008, compared with the same...
[December 24, 2008, 10:11]
UK PC sales surpass analysts' hopes
News They were helped by steady consumer sales, particularly in the notebook market, as well as lower prices, strong products and vendor competition. Healthier trends are expected to be driven by a rebound in corporate investments and a boost in...
[August 9, 2002, 15:46]
Consumers spur notebook boom
News Notebook shipments are expected to mushroom during the next three years thanks to falling prices and booming sales to consumers. The company, which revised its long-term PC shipment forecast upward in December, believes that notebook sales are...
[January 12, 2004, 10:05]
IDC rethinks PC forecast
News Market researcher IDC says notebook sales and business purchasing have boosted its 2003 growth forecast for PC shipments by two points. We're seeing what amounts to the follow-through of acceleration in notebook sales that we've been seeing build...
[September 5, 2003, 11:10]
Apple revs up notebooks
News We're growing pretty sharply" in terms of notebook sales, said Greg Joswiak, vice president of hardware product marketing at Apple. Apple Computer on Monday updated its two notebook lines, the PowerBook and the iBook, with faster PowerPC G4...
[April 20, 2004, 14:50]
AMD narrows gap with new notebook chips
News Although the overall PC market continues to shrink, notebook sales are growing, partly because of declining prices and a burgeoning market for consumer notebooks. In Europe, notebook sales rose 16 percent in the first half of the year while desktop...
[September 24, 2002, 7:24]
DVD burning a hot ticket for laptops
News On one hand, notebook sales are doing much better than desktops. It could give a small boost to notebook sales during the holiday season. Those vendors stand to gain a huge advantage for their brands, even if they never sell one notebook.
[October 29, 2002, 8:14]
