iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales 911
Hugh Pickens writes "Fortune magazine reports that sales growth of low-cost, low-powered netbooks peaked last summer at an astonishing 641% year-over-year growth rate but netbook sales fell off a cliff in January and shrank again in April — collateral damage, according to Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty, from the January introduction and April launch of the iPad. In support of Huberty's theory, she offers a Morgan Stanley/Alphawise survey conducted in March which found that 44% of US consumers who were planning to buy an iPad said they were buying it instead of a netbook or notebook computer. In related news, Apple announced that it sold its one millionth iPad last week, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. 'One million iPads in 28 days — that's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,' says Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. 'Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.'"
Whatever it taks! (Score:5, Funny)
welp. (Score:5, Funny)
the /. "it'll never sell, it's just a giant itouch' crowd really knocked this one outta the park.
what can i say? when you're right 48 of the time, you're wrong 52 percent of the time.
Re:After a month of daily use... (Score:2, Funny)
"Magical" product? (Score:5, Funny)
Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.
I can't imagine why some people regard Apple as a cult...
Re:hyperbole much? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:After a month of daily use... (Score:5, Funny)
"That said, I wouldn't want to write a novel on it."
so yeah it is perfect if you never have to do any actual work =p
oh #$%* now i'm kinda jealous of your never having to work lifestyle..... DAMN IT....
sigh...
Re:After a month of daily use... (Score:5, Funny)
Try it.
Pay for it for me.
Re:Idiot tax (Score:4, Funny)
Re:welp. (Score:5, Funny)
In other news, Slashdot posters also declared with authority that "dating supermodels is a real pain in the ass, they are too high-maintenance" and "being rich doesn't make you happy!"
Re:After a month of daily use... (Score:5, Funny)
That does sound awesome - sit around all day, surf the web, read email, and watch video. If you can figure out how I can support my lifestyle on that, I am totally down to replace my Macbook with an iPad too.
Re:Not a fan of flashless tablets. (Score:3, Funny)
Decent? One-handed... in bed... with themselves? Adult film producer, you are just cramming too much innuendo into one slashdot post.
Re:hyperbole much? (Score:4, Funny)
My netbook fell off a cliff and really was destroyed, you insensitive clod!
And the iPad has no alibi, I notice. Hmmm...
Re:Arrgh (Score:2, Funny)
Apparently Apple's 'technology' has become sufficiently advanced to have become 'magic' to us mere mortals. :)
Re:After a month of daily use... (Score:2, Funny)
I know of one guy that gets anything new. He has more money than he knows what to do with. He bought one and didn't know what to do with it and gave it to his kid.
I know of another guy that is your classical conspicuous consumer and had to have one because it's the latest fad. He doesn't know what to do with it either and his is collecting dust.
I know of someone else that managed to break theirs in half somehow.
A lot of people have no clue about technology or what they can do with it and need to be led around by the nose.
The rest of us know what the technology can do find a fascist locked down appliance limiting.
pads in 28 days? (Score:2, Funny)
My wife goes through some pads every 28 days, but never a million of them.
Re:After a month of daily use... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Whatever it taks! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:After a month of daily use... (Score:5, Funny)
If you wear an outrageously silly beanie hat, it will compensate for the lack of tight trousers.
Re:Whatever it takes! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Whatever it taks! (Score:4, Funny)
In other words Apple is not the way to go if you tend to Think Different.