We’ve been following the trend of laptop and desktop shipments over the past year and knew that it was only a matter of time before laptops overtook desktops in number of units shipped and purchased.
This is, of course, part of the reason we’re focusing NxTop’s capabilities on laptops – when half of your potential customers are using a particular device, you better make sure you work on it.
Well, what we expected has happened: IDC has released a new study showing that laptop shipments overtook desktop shipments for the first time in Q3. From the IDC press release:
The third quarter of 2008 (3Q08) saw notebook shipments into the U.S. market surpass 50% share, topping quarterly desktop PC shipments for the first time in the history of the industry. The share of notebooks shipped in the U.S. in 3Q08 stood at a solid 55.2%, according to preliminary figures from IDC’s U.S. Quarterly PC Tracker.
The 55% ratio was made possible by a record volume of notebooks shipped in 3Q08 – over 9.5 million units – representing more than 18% growth both year over year and on a sequential basis, according to IDC’s preliminary data. These figures were reached amid a relatively active back-to-school season and the burgeoning financial crisis, which captured headlines but did not immediately affect the PC market’s performance.
The full article is available on IDC’s website.
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:10 am
For this time most of people in the world like notebook mora than dekstop.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
For businesses, you can justify the purchase of a laptop and a docking station on the basis that the user will take it home and work outside of normal office hours.