“Apple is likely to replace Hewlett-Packard as the global number one notebook vendor in 2012 if tablet PCs are included in the calculation of global notebook shipments, according to industry sources,” Max Wang and Steve Shen report for DigiTimes.
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Along with an estimated 40-60 million iPads, “Apple is also likely to ship 15 million MacBooks in 2012, bringing its combined shipments of notebooks and tablets to a total of 75 million units, accounting for 25-30% of the global notebook market, the sources estimated,” Wang and Shen report. “HP shipped 40 million notebooks in 2010 and is expected to ship 45-50 million units in 2011, noted the sources, adding that HP will not be able to compete with Apple for the tops title in 2012 based on its performance in 2010 and 2011.”
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Can’t wait!
Why don’t these goom-bas’ get a freak’n clue? The iPod touch should be included in this! I say Apple already is the Number One in this area!
Exactly. When you look at the next version of Windows running on… *facepalm* tablets… it’s time to start including the iPad in mobile computer sales!
Twenty-first century Apple sends all major computer companies back into the the twentieth century.
Beaten, dazed, and confused, they attempt to branch out into new markets- major fertilizer companies concerned with inferior manure coming down the tubes.
OMG how much longer will this take.
Tablets are PC ?
They are bot on the same level .
All this marking up numbers is just make some investors to dump money into an investment fund.
Next they will say the IPod Touch is a phone cause it can make calls and be included in iPhone sales
Like i said… tell that to MS when they finally release Windows 8.
I see half a dozen Mac Books every day. I see Toshiba, Dell and Sony too. I can’t remember ever seeing an HP laptop in the wild. If somehow HP is selling the most laptops, they sure as hell ain’t being used. Probably a bunch collecting dust in a lot of government desk drawers.
My brother once had a 17″ HP laptop, which weighed 11 pounds. His hospital gave it to him. What a beast! The thing always needed to be plugged in, and it was loud!
Let me give you an accounting of where those ‘missing’ HP laptops went.
– 1,342,765 – government institutions
– 765,895 – hospitals & medical facilities
– 325,769 – banks & utilities
– 8,453,463 – landfills, dumpsters & waste recycling facilities
HP: you’re never happier owning a sack of potatoes.
Why are iPads all of a sudden considered notebooks?
Mobile computer – YES!
This isn’t the first article I’ve seen reality that fudges this (admittedly in Apple’s favor.)
I can tell you that out on the street, I consistently hear RANTS about how terrible HP has become. I frequently have people come up to me pleading for me to tell then what Windows laptop is worth buying. They hate all the netbooks, Dell is spelled ‘Hell’, HP = Horrible Products…. I tell them about the latest praised brands, then tell them that if they got a Mac, they could still run all their old software. I watch a little lightbulb go on in their eyes. 💡
Ballmer’s left nut:
My Agency, FDA, uses Dells, coming off of Lenovo, both of which beat HP in price, which is why we have to buy them.
We don’t buy HP, and we buy tens of thousands of laptops per year, as all of our employees are given laptops, except for people in positions where desktops make better sense. (FDA encourages remote workplaces for its employees, and a large percentage work at home at least one day a week. Thus, the laptops. Saves buying two units for each employee.)
Thanks bud for the update. More pertinently are government employees permitted to purchase Macs on their own coin for reimbursement by the government?
How do you like being locked in Windows hell? Where I work it’s a dual environment (staff get to choose) so I largely escape the doleful influence of Ballmer’s love child.
No, computer equipment is over the limits for reimbursables and usually requires authorization anyway. At FDA, only certain models are allowed, due to limitations of centralized updating procedures.
The good news is that we did a pilot program last year for the purposes of building a centralized infrastructure for updating Macs. The bad news is that Macs still require special business case authorization before purchase, at least on the admin side. Scientists can usually build a good justification for Macs due to technical issues.
We are waiting for a management decision on which version of centralized management we will be allowed to use between three versions, based largely on cost.
The long hiatus for Macs at FDA is nearing an end, slowly. It has been a long, hard road. (Tho I’ve long poked the PC weenies in the eye with a badge holder with an Apple logo on it!)
To quote Mr. Burns, “EXCELLENT!”