Apple Now Selling Better Than One Laptop In Six

Lucas123 writes "Apple's share of the laptop market has grown over the past few years and the company is now beating Gateway in sales, according research firm NPD Group Inc. in Port Washington, NY. 'Their sales are continuing to grow faster than the rest of the marketplace,' the firm stated. In June Apple was responsible for 17.6% of laptops sold (at retail) in the US and is now in third place behind HP and Toshiba."

Re:College kids

[Tackhead]

> Also, does this prove the iPod's halo effect is Real?

That's not the iPod's halo effect. That's the Vista Black Hole of Suck effect.

Re:College kids

[croddy]

Or, it could simply be that they are genuinely afraid of Dells. Apple has certainly burst into this market, but Dell's products are literally bursting.

Re:More to Come

[McLovin]

Listen, up.

If you want titties and beer, buy a macbook.

Got that? Titties (.Y.) and BEER!

If you want to join the chess club, buy a PC.

Re:More to Come

[feepness]

Unfortunately I was there to buy a washer and dryer...

If you can't get excited about buying a matching washer/dryer set then you've just lost your taste for life.

Re:More to Come

[NCraig]

Sounds like a big day... I wonder if he had time for Bed Bath & Beyond.

Re:More to Come

[Sponge Bath]

If you want titties and beer, buy a macbook.

We *are* talking IT.
There is already plenty of man-boob and drinking to go around.

Re:Christ, Tandy could beat Gateway

[Anonymous Meoward]

Yeah. Jessica Tandy.

Re:Don't forget.

[niteice]

....Leopard? You sure? Why would a machine ship with a beta OS?

Re:At retail...

[Bluesman]

That overload is going to have to get a hell of a lot cheaper in order for me to accept it. :-)

In all seriousness, what do you guys actually do with your Macs that justifies the expense? I completely understand if it's just that it's aesthetically pleasing, too, I have an impractical car that runs fast and looks cool.

Re:College kids

[bram]

What's up with buying a windows licence??
Who in his/her right mind does that?

Go to your favorite torrent side and download it, if it's only for playing games, who gives a shit?

Djeez.

Disclaimer: I only pay for decent software after testing it.
Most decent software is free anyway.

I just quit smoking :)

Re:Maybe that's why you're in the red.

[reddburn]

1995 called: they want the "Mac vs. PC Flame War" back.

T800

[kramulous]

I had a T800 but then the T1000 tried to blow it away. The older model was more solid but the later had vastly improved flexibility. The T1000 must have been using flash memory or something because moving parts were a bit of a no-go zone.

Re:College kids

[sokoban]

Haha, well, if you actually like the nipple I guess you're stuck. I can't understand why people like them, is it like a cult or something?

Yeah, it's called the "Cult of Heterosexual Men and Lesbians". They're all about some nipples.

You can't do that:

[ascendant]

Math doesn't work the same way in canada...

Cat Confusion...

[rizzo320]

I'm thinking that person means Panther... if it's a really old cat, it's a Jaguar... and if it's a Puma, well, it should be put to sleep. :-)

Re:College kids

[Anonymous Coward]

Just place one finger on a nipple and see the magic, the real!

Re:At retail...

[Anonymous Coward]

moderation: -1 wanker

Re: scrolling

[TeknoHog]

Back in my day, we used the arrow and PgUp/Dn keys for scrolling through long documents. Kids these days, they want to use the mouse for everything (hammer/nail syndrome). I bet in a few years Microsoft mice will have 100 buttons so people can type with them, because the keyboard is just sooo old fashioned.

Re:Computers should last for more than a year.

[MyOtherUIDis3digits]

Not running around the internet all willy-nilly makes a big difference too.

Hell, if I can't jump into the occasional pornado and see where it takes me, why have internet access at all?