As for the TVs I just don't see the point in 3D all it does is give me a headache. Is 3D really a selling point for anyone?
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Best Buy CEO Claims iPad Cannibalizing Notebook Sales By 'As Much As 50%'
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Why did the Best Buy exec make this fact up? Why, in your mind, does it make sense for him to lie?
I can't understand that belief. It makes no sense to me.
I didn't purchase a TV because of 3D TVs. 3D Tvs are too expensive and since a TV is a big ticket item I will wait until the prices come down on 3D before I jump in.
I also don't understand why he made that statement. It just sounds like a flimsy statement. It's either me being that stupid and not getting it (the fact that iPad is REALLY taking off THAT big), or it's something fishy about this "iPad Cannibalizing Notebook Sales By 'As Much As 50%'" statement.
To the contrary, that's the brilliance.
The iPad recognizes that people need high-mobility anytime anywhere ability for about 80% of their computing needs (email, web, etc.). People were buying notebooks to achieve that, while sacrificing satisfaction of the other 20% (mass storage, multi-device expansion, big screen, good keyboard, etc.). The brilliance was to split off that 80% while retaining a design which integrates nicely into that other 20% as a home-base host: now users are free to have a super-portable tablet which does most of what they want to do on the run, while encouraging them to have a big-format desktop computer.
Result: Apple sells two devices instead of one (iPad + Macintosh, totaling a higher price), and eviscerates the competing notebook market (users don't need to compromise portability with capability).
Works on me at least. I was devoted to notebooks only, until I got the iPad - now I'm looking at a 27" iMac, with no qualms about sacrificing screensize or storage space to achieve sub-optimal portability.
Can I throw something out there for discussion?
What if it's not tablet sales eating notebooks? What if it's being able to get an apple computer for about half the price of a MacBook and on a par with a cheap notebook? Add in the benefits of iOS (far less maintenance, very cheap software, superb ease of use etc) and a device that, frankly, looks and feels so much more upmarket than equivalent notebooks while still doing everything the average user needs and it's an interesting proposition.
Not saying that this IS the case but that maybe it's something worth considering.
What if it's not tablet sales eating notebooks? What if it's being able to get an apple computer for about half the price of a MacBook and on a par with a cheap notebook? Add in the benefits of iOS (far less maintenance, very cheap software, superb ease of use etc) and a device that, frankly, looks and feels so much more upmarket than equivalent notebooks while still doing everything the average user needs and it's an interesting proposition.
Not saying that this IS the case but that maybe it's something worth considering.
Cannibals
This is a strange use of the word "cannibalize." The only way that iPads could cannibalize the sales of anything would be if iPad sales were driving iPad sales down.
Unless I'm mistaken about the word, and I'm really cannibalizing broccoli at dinner, this isn't what "cannibalize" means.
This is a strange use of the word "cannibalize." The only way that iPads could cannibalize the sales of anything would be if iPad sales were driving iPad sales down.
Unless I'm mistaken about the word, and I'm really cannibalizing broccoli at dinner, this isn't what "cannibalize" means.
Damn it; even more people will think their iPads are real computers.
Yeah you're mistaken.
It's a marketing terms to describe the situation where a newer product is eating away sales on an older product. In this case, the new thing is the iPad, while the old stuff are the traditional PCs.
Yeah you're mistaken.
It's a marketing terms to describe the situation where a newer product is eating away sales on an older product. In this case, the new thing is the iPad, while the old stuff are the traditional PCs.
Do you think the average "dad" will pay an average of $600 for each of its kids to have an iPad only to play around with it? I don't think so. I think that "dad" will eventually buy a $300 netbook, eventually, to each of its kids, or even better, an iPod touch for the purpose of just playing around device for its kids..
PS: I agree, the nerd in me is buying the stuff online, because the nerd in me knows exactly what I want
When I visited my local BB the other day, I noticed that they had a small iPad display kiosk set up at the entrance to the PC ibook/notebook display area, and it was manned by an Apple employee. You have to pass the iPads to get to the notebooks. This is in addition to the separate instore Apple store that also sells iPads along with the MBs, MPBs, and iMacs.
I would like to see the sales of iPods. I wonder if the iPad is cannibalizing the iPod sales. People always say, "The iPad is just a big iPod touch."
The iPad definitely cannibalized a Mac sale for me... I was planning to buy a new MacBook pro this year, because I used to use it for casual computing and playing games under bootcamp. Since I use my iPad for most casual computing now, I decided to build a gaming computer with the money I was going to spend on the MBP. I now have a killer gaming rig and still browse and watch movies on the pad.
Yeah. If they were price-conscious they wouldn't be shopping in Best Buy!
Look, I'm not talking about ALL households here. I'm talking about people who shop at Best Buy.
Cheaper people will shop at Target and Wal Mart. More experienced people will shop at places like B&H online. Only Best Buy offers that nice middle-ground for people with a willingness to spend a lot but not the time to go out and learn a lot.
And maybe I'm spoiled by where I live, but around here $499 for a Christmas present is not unheard of. Far from it.
Still would be interesting to see what other companies come up with.. I saw the Samsung tablet, and it didn't look too bad, the thing I'm looking forward to the most is an afforable iPad or Tablet .. something close to the netbooks range.. $300-400(CAD)
Agree, but 'as much as 50%' is just too much for me to believe it. Sorry BB, it's BS.
I really doubt it.
For me I see the iPad as a competitor (cannibalizer as noted here) to game systems like the DS, PSP, and maybe even full size console like the Wii. Before the iPad came along i was considering a Wii but now that I can get games (even multiplayer), internet, and television/movies out of a handheld device, the choice is clear.
For me I see the iPad as a competitor (cannibalizer as noted here) to game systems like the DS, PSP, and maybe even full size console like the Wii. Before the iPad came along i was considering a Wii but now that I can get games (even multiplayer), internet, and television/movies out of a handheld device, the choice is clear.
2992 it is VERY EASY to believeI can see this statement being true.
Cannibalizing in the sense of taking away a selling market. To cannibalize at BB they eat into other sales at BB. To Cannibalize at Apple they eat into other Apple products.
And, say BB budgets/expects to sell 1,000 notebooks each week. Since the iPad came out their notebook sales average 500 per week. Maybe the iPad numbers average 500 sales per week......leading to a 50% eat-in to teh notebook market.
Cannibalizing in the sense of taking away a selling market. To cannibalize at BB they eat into other sales at BB. To Cannibalize at Apple they eat into other Apple products.
And, say BB budgets/expects to sell 1,000 notebooks each week. Since the iPad came out their notebook sales average 500 per week. Maybe the iPad numbers average 500 sales per week......leading to a 50% eat-in to teh notebook market.