Laptops: More Popular than Desktops
By Wilson • Nov 4th, 2008 • Category: LaptopsFor the first time laptop shipments have exceeded desktop shipments. Both the business markets and the day to day consumers are beginning to prefer laptops over desktops.
Most people find it very convenient to have a laptop with Wi-Fi Internet connection. This lets them to work anywhere, anytime they want. Students too, love to entertain themselves by logging on their portable machines while relaxing in the bed. They don’t like to step out and sit in front of hefty computing machines to do their work. This becomes especially true when heavy-duty laptop models, like the Sony Vaio VGN-AW11Z/B, offer just as much performance as their desktop PC counterparts. With the advancements in technology, the next generation laptops offer incredible functionality, hi end configuration and support high definition digital entertainment and gaming. The convenience and ability to move around is driving the Laptop’s popularity.
David Daoud, analyst at IDC (a global market intelligence organization) said, “What you have is massive numbers of students going back to school and they tend to shift the market one way or another, and they shifted enormously toward laptops as they went back to school. There’s a lot more innovation happening, a lot more research and development money spent on mobility than on desktops. A lot of people use the laptop for DVD viewing in bed rather than watching in the living room with their parents. . . . It has an entertainment usage, whereas the desktop forces you to go to the desk and sit down in an uncomfortable position.”
The laptops today are making up more than 70 percent of the consumer market and 60 percent of the business market and this figure is expected to rise further in the near future.
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