“In a note to clients Thursday, Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty rattled off several reasons to explain why retail sales of personal computers in the U.S. were down 8% year over year for the week of Nov. 20 to 26, as reported by the NPD Group,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. “‘But,’ Huberty concludes, ‘we believe the biggest factor is simply weaker end demand. The data so far in November suggest a steady sequential deceleration.'”
P.E.D. reports, “There was, Huberty writes, one exception to that rule: ‘Apple was a relative bright spot during the week of Thanksgiving. Unit growth rebounded to 17% Y/Y from 7% in the prior week and 10% in the prior four weeks.'”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
I just got a new 21″ iMac to add to a work-issued MBPro 15 that I use for video editing. If I have to be truly mobile I have an iPhone 4 or even my wife’s iPad. I don’t have a compelling reason to buy a MacBook Air… I just want one!!!!
The MacBook Pro trumps the MacBook Air any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Depends. Me, I’ve been away from home for over six months for a variety of reasons. Lugging around my 15″ MBP all the time gets wearying. And for doing website, as I do, it beats my iPad. I use CODA for its brilliance at handling many tasks including transferring files. When it’s available for iPad, I will be free of the weight (as light as it is). I would love a MBA. Now I’m waiting for the end of my refresh cycle.
The difference between a 2.3-pound MacBook Air and a 5.6-pound MacBook Pro is noticeable in your shoulders after you’ve been carrying a bag all day. The difference between an 11-inch MacBook Air and a 15-inch MacBook Pro is self-evident when you open it up in an airplane seat.
You get a lot for that extra 3 diagonal inches and that extra 3.3 pounds, but it’s not always worth it.
I went from a 2003 17″ with a 1440X900 Screen to a 2006 15″ MBPro also with a 1400X900 screen and loved the weight loss. Then I went from the 15″ to a 13 MBAir with the same 1440X900 screen – last July and the extra weight loss made for a MUCH better MobleMe! 😉
I will take the lightweight MBAir 13″ i7 with that screen resolution every day of the week and three times on Sunday over an MBPro! I love the weight loss when traveling AND when at home!