“The MacBook Air, all by its lonesome, has captured the majority of the total thin-and-light laptop market, according to data from NPD,” Brooke Crothers reports for CNET.
“The MBA grabbed 56 percent of U.S. thin-and-light laptop sales in the first five months of the year, Stephen Baker, an analyst at the NPD Group, told CNET,” Crothers reports. “The remainder, 44 percent, was captured by ultrabooks from various PC makers.”
Crothers reports, “If reviews of the 2013 MacBook Air — announced this month — are any indication of future sales, the situation could become even more lopsided this year.”
Read more in the full article here.
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Only 56%?
Apple is doomed!
Joking aside I’m amazed its only 56%, I rarely see PC ultra books in the wild.
All their batteries are dead!
Some people use them but are far too embarrass to show them in public. Them again maybe us Apple user just like too show off.
Just bought my new maxed out 13″ air. These are back ordered a month at macmall! Never thought I’d be in the market for an air vs a pro, but grad school changes everything. The money and pixel savings from the air I’m gonna put toward a refurb Thunderbolt Display. Max battery at school, max pixels at home. Best of both worlds.
Is it possible to have it light but not thin? How about thin but not light? Maybe they could just call it thin and be just as accurate.
Or just light.
Or maybe thight.
Or maybe simply factor density into the equation.
MacBook Air, you are my density.
Hahahahaha. Good one twimoon1. I got it.
HIRE THIS MAN!
just kidding
Uh oh! Call out The Anorexia Society of America!
That number is going to get a lot more lopsided considering that the 56% so far in 2013 was of sales of the MBA that had not been refreshed since this time last year. The battery life improvement alone will increase sales dramatically.
Success apparently is the new “doomed!”
56% …. That’s huge!!!! I would have never guessed it would get that high.
And the slaughter continues unabated.
More blood on the Macbook Air
Oh and Samsung……..You can run but you can’t hide!
Ultrabooks are expensive. Most Windows users want cheap. End of story.
Cheap Wintel Laptop first price does not mean cheap long term.