PC milestone–notebooks outsell desktops
Could desktops soon be a thing of the past? Okay – I doubt that is the case, but notebook sales were up big time and actually out sold PC’s in May.
More notebooks than desktops were sold in the United States in May, according to a report released Friday–a milestone in PC sales history.
Analysts with research firm Current Analysis said laptop sales jumped to 53.3 percent of the total PC retail market in May 2005. Last year, notebooks made up 45.9 percent of the total PC retail market.
Occasionally, notebooks have outsold desktops, but those moments happen during a one-week period and are usually the result of extremely heavy promotions, Current Analysis said. May marks the first time notebooks have outsold desktops over the course of a full month, the firm said.
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