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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 12/25/2008

Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus

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Look what Santa left under Amazon.com ’s tree this Christmas morning: 7 Acer netbooks 7 Apple MacBooks 4 Asus netbooks 2 Samsung netbooks 2 MSI netbooks 1 OLPC (One laptop per child) XO laptop 1 Lenova Ideapad laptop 1 Toshiba Satellite laptop Can you spot the ...

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techcrunch.com - 12/26/2008

At Least Amazon Had A Good Christmas

— techcrunch.com — One reason Amazon has survived as an enduring Internet brand is that during downturns it takes market... share, and this holiday season looks like it will be no different. Amazon announced its 14th record holiday season , with 72.9 items ordered ... (more) At Least Amazon Had A Good Christmas

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businesswire.com - 12/29/2008

Acer Enhances Award-Winning Aspire 8930G Notebook PC with New Intel© Quad-Core Processor Technology

— businesswire.com — SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acer America, part of the world’s third largest PC company (source: Gartner data, 3Q... 2008), today introduced the Aspire 8930G-7665 notebook PC, utilizing the new Intel© (more) Acer Enhances Award-Winning Aspire 8930G Notebook PC ...

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gigaom.com - 12/26/2008

For Amazon, Netbooks Are a Smash Hit [GigaOM]

— gigaom.com — Santa was apparently good to Amazon.com this year; the e-tailer says its 14th holiday (shopping) season was... its best ever, though it doesn’t offer any data to back up that cheery claim. Its biggest sellers (based on number of units ... (more) For Amazon, Netbooks Are a Smash Hit [GigaOM]

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Apple is having a solid Christmas
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... (iSuppli).  This is nothing new for Apple who has been seeing this for over a year in their line.   Apple's strength is in laptops. The interesting thing in the industry in general is that low margin netbooks have taken most of the desktop marketshare which has resulted in the aforementioned marketshare gain in laptops.  Apple, as you are probably acutely aware doesn't make netbooks and starts their laptop pricing at $1000.  Add to this the news that Apple sells 7 of the top 25 laptops on the Amazon best seller list.  ...

Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Apple MacBooks and a bunch of cheap netbooks
MacDailyNews — ... Ideapad laptop 1 Toshiba Satellite laptop Elmer-Dewitt asks, "Can you spot the ringer on Amazon’s 2008 Christmas-day list of 25 bestselling notebook computers?" "You guessed it. It’s those seven premium-priced Apple MacBooks in a shopping cart dominated by stripped-down netbooks, heavily discounted Windows notebooks and a 2-for-1 '$100' laptop," Elmer-Dewitt reports. "Except for the MacBooks and one $599 Toshiba, every computer on that list sells for less than $500." Full article here .

For Amazon, Netbooks Are a Smash Hit [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... I am particularly amazed by the growing popularity of netbooks. Kevin, Stacey and others on our team are quite enamored with these devices, which were originally designed as part of a program for underprivileged children. According to Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog, of the 25 best-selling notebooks on Amazon, 17 are netbooks that cost less then $500. As they say — ...

‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Dec. 29
Macsimum News — ... “Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus: Can you spot the ringer on Amazon’s 2008 Christmas-day list of 25 bestselling notebook computers? You guessed it. It’s those seven premium-priced Apple (AAPL) MacBooks in a shopping cart dominated by stripped-down netbooks, heavily discounted Windows notebooks and a 2-for-1 ’$100’ laptop.”—Fortune ...

Apple in 2008 - the rising tide
MacBytes.com — ... The seven Apple MacBooks are 'premium-priced' compared to the other offerings. The rest of the list comprises stripped-down netbooks, heavily discounted Windows notebooks and the 2-for-1 US$100 OLPC laptop designed for developing countries. Except for the MacBooks and one $599 Toshiba, all the other computers on Amazon's list sold for less than US$500. The seven MacBooks, by contrast, cost nearly three times as much at an average of US$1473.41 after rebates. Fortune at CNN says it's almost as if Macintosh buyers were insensitive to price , even in a recession. In fact, the ...

Apple in 2008 - the rising tide
MacBytes.com — ... The seven Apple MacBooks are 'premium-priced' compared to the other offerings. The rest of the list comprises stripped-down netbooks, heavily discounted Windows notebooks and the 2-for-1 US$100 OLPC laptop designed for developing countries. Except for the MacBooks and one $599 Toshiba, all the other computers on Amazon's list sold for less than US$500. The seven MacBooks, by contrast, cost nearly three times as much at an average of US$1473.41 after rebates. Fortune at CNN says it's almost as if Macintosh buyers were insensitive to price , even in a recession. In fact, the ...