NPD's data refers only to desktop computers - iMacs and MacPros. A decline in desktop sales when all new laptops have just been released is not unusual.
Mikeal On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:44 PM +0000 12/17/2008, Ted Treen wrote: >> Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >>> What many here have said for a long time finally makes a ZDnet >>> article. >>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3192&tag=nl.e539 >> >> The article starts "If the data released by the NPD Group is >> correct......." >> >> Well, it isn't. It's selective sophistry at best, deliberate >> misinformation at worst. > > The blog post references a Wall Street Journal article, which reports > on the sales figures as collected by NPD. How is Apple's declining > sales over the last month "deliberate misinformation"? If YOU are > going to make such claims, you might want to back them up. Are you > saying that NPD falsified their data? Or are you saying it's ok for > Apple to gouge a 20% profit margin when the rest of the industry > survives on 6? > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
