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Computers
Almost Nobody Owns Just Macs
5:00AM John Herrman | NPD’s Household Penetration Study found a 3% uptick in Mac households for 2009. This makes sense! What’s surprising (or not) is that of the 12% of homes with a Mac, less than 2% are Mac-exclusive. More »
Computers
4:00AM John Herrman | Desktop PCs have been in decline for a decade, and countless people have said their piece about it. But new evidence suggests the desktop tower’s death spiral is underway—and we’re not too broken up about it. More »
So Long Desktop PC, You Suck
4:00AM John Herrman | Desktop PCs have been in decline for a decade, and countless people have said their piece about it. But new evidence suggests the desktop tower’s death spiral is underway—and we’re not too broken up about it. More »
Computers
Study: Average Mac Computer Price More That Twice That of Average PC
4:15AM Adam Frucci | Fanboys, get your commenting fingers warmed up. A new study shows that, on average, the cost of a Windows PC is half that of an Apple computer. According to data collected by the NPD group, the average Windows notebook goes for US$700, while the average Apple laptop costs above US$1,500, dropping a mere US$59 in the last two years. And that’s nothing compared to desktop computers. More »
Games
Wii is Now the Number One Console in the U.S.
12:30AM John Mahoney | After outselling the Xbox 360 3:1 in June (660,000 vs 219,800), the Wii eeked ahead in the total U.S. sales race by 500,000 consoles, despite the 360’s one-year head start. NPD is also reporting a 53% increase in game and hardware sales across the industry compared to this time last year. [Information Week] More »
Online
Apple Confirms #1 Music Retailer Status With Four Billion Songs Sold
6:26AM Jason Chen | Apple’s just confirmed the morning’s news on them being the number one music retailer in the US. The stuff to take away: four billion songs sold, six million songs in the catalog, the most music sold in January and February out of any retailer. Hit the jump if you want to see Apple gloat for themselves. More »
Online
Apple Second Only To Wal-Mart in Music Sales, But For How Long?
2:06AM Wilson Rothman | Apple just slipped out a second press release this AM bragging that, according to NPD, it is now the #2 music retailer in the US, behind the megalithic Wal-Mart. More »
Entertainment
