Apple number seven among notebook brands
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jun 11, 2008 at 12:13pm
Apple, after four quarters as the number eight notebook brand, surged to number seven in the first quarter of 2008, according to DisplaySearch, which conducts display market research and consulting. Apple sold 1.433 million laptops during the quarter, up from 891,000 in the first quarter of 2007.
That’s a year-over-year change of 61 percent. For the first quarter of 2008, Apple had a 4.5 percent market share among laptops.
DisplaySearch notes that the notebook computer market shrank six percent quarter-to-quarter as of the first quarter of 2008, but was up 35 percent to 31 million units. HP remained number one in the notebook market for the seventh consecutive quarter, maintaining a lead of almost two million units over Dell in the number two position.
HP’s share of the market was over 20 percent for the sixth consecutive quarter. Dell grew to 15 percent share, a mark they last held in the fourth quarter of 2006. Most of the other top ten brands have maintained their ranking over the past several quarters, with the exception of Sony, which has dropped from number six in the third quarter of 2007 to number nine in the first quarter of 2008.
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Charlie Says:
The actual article says they were #8 for four quarters and surged to number seven.
Posted on June 11, 2008
Dennis Sellers Says:
My bad. I did make a mistake in the article. It’s now been corrected and Aple went from number eight to number seven.—Dennis
Posted on June 11, 2008
john Says:
this is US market not WW
Posted on June 11, 2008
Dave Says:
The notebooks really add to Apples revenue and profit figures. I was a bit disappointed at the lack of any news from Apple and lack of press investigations into upcoming upgrades to the Apple notebook lines.
There just seems to be no interest. This is a bit strange given the June graduation period and the not-to-far-off back to school period.
Posted on June 12, 2008
HouTxguy Says:
El Jabon, what happened to the “guarantee” that Apple would release MacBooks, MacBookPros this week? What is the explanation?
Posted on June 12, 2008
WantToKnow Says:
El Jabon, you guaranteed that Apple would release new MacBooks and MacBookPros at WWDC. You even chided those who questioned your knowledge. What is the explanation? Did you really not have any inside knowledge?
Posted on June 14, 2008
Kevin says Says:
Unless El Jabon is Steve Jobs in disguise he knows nothing. HIs inside knowledge is exactly zero. Why do you think Apple has changed vendors on occassion when someone has said something about an upcoming product without permission. All hardware and software releases are rumors for everyone to guess about until the big day when they are finally released. Don’t be a sucker and think that someone has knowledge when they themselves are a rumor.
Posted on June 15, 2008
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
Harvey Says:
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Apple, after four quarters as the number one notebook brand, surged to number seven in the first quarter of 2008
This doesn’t make sense. They went from one to seven and that’s good? Please correct it.
Posted on June 11, 2008