CEO of Best Buy said....

[PracticalMac]

A few months ago I heard a report the CEO of Best Buy said netbooks where "dead" becuase of the iPad.
He later back tracked on what he said, presumably becuase the netbook makers kicked of a fuss saying he was wrong.


Looks like he was spot on with his comment!
(what is amazing to me is turnaround and crushing dominance)

http://www.ipadjailbreak.com/2011/08/110809-ipad-breakfast.html

 

[ctbear]

With or without iPad, the netbooks were dying anyways. They are just too underpowered to do anything meaningful.

 

[wordoflife]

Haha that curve is quite intense.

 

[jsh1120]

With or without iPad, the netbooks were dying anyways. They are just too underpowered to do anything meaningful.

Although in this case I think the iPad has had a hand in declining netbook sales, your point is well taken. Simply presenting a graph showing uniform declines in netbook sales and adding a line showing a rapid increase in iPad sales does not demonstrate cause and effect.

That's especially true in this particular case. If you look at the graphic carefully, you'll see that netbook sales for several manufacturers began to decline before iPad sales took off. And the rate of decline has remained constant since iPad sales exploded.

 

[OSMac]

The graph shows iPad sales went from 5 to 20 percent in a month?

iPad estimates are declining over that time frame, it's reported elsewhere.

 

[Skika]

Netbooks are garbage that should never even be invented in the first place.

 

[jca24]

Yes netbooks were already dying, the iPad was the last few nails in the coffin.

Best Buy is dying too, sales are plummeting!

 

[palpatine]

Yes netbooks were already dying, the iPad was the last few nails in the coffin.

Best Buy is dying too, sales are plummeting!

LOL. Best Buy is in trouble. Good point.

The netbooks are dying, but its not a case of homicide, but one of old age. It was a niche device that has reached the end of its lifecycle. It used to be that you needed a netbook if you wanted to go lightweight and portable, and they fulfilled that demand, but with shocking processor and design advances, we now have things like the Macbook Air that outperform desktops from only a few years ago.

iPad sales have probably had an impact, but I think it would be more accurate to say that the entire industry has evolved.

 

[Dmunjal]

It's not just Best Buy. Every business that was built on the PC model over the last 20 years is in trouble. The low margin players will be affected first and then eventually Microsoft and Intel unless they get their act together.

 

[Bernard SG]

The graph shows iPad sales went from 5 to 20 percent in a month?

iPad estimates are declining over that time frame, it's reported elsewhere.

It's a quarter, not a month.
And no, iPad sales are not declining quarter-on-quarter.

 

[LivingLarge]

Yes netbooks were already dying, the iPad was the last few nails in the coffin.

Best Buy is dying too, sales are plummeting!

I have to echo this response as well. Netbooks are essentially useless, for anything relevant. even the occasional web surf is nearly unbearable on those things. Then iPad came along and put a finishing move on the netbooks

 

[Dangerous Theory]

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iPad is what a netbook never was.

 

[RandomGuy26]

dont think that graph is correct..

what was apple selling in this market between 2008 and 2009 ??

ipad was launched is 2010.. so nothing happened in teh first year and the breakthrough came only in 2011 ?? we all know thats not correct.. they sold a ton of them in 2010

A few months ago I heard a report the CEO of Best Buy said netbooks where "dead" becuase of the iPad.
He later back tracked on what he said, presumably becuase the netbook makers kicked of a fuss saying he was wrong.


Looks like he was spot on with his comment!
(what is amazing to me is turnaround and crushing dominance)

http://www.ipadjailbreak.com/2011/08/110809-ipad-breakfast.html
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[Jake55111]

dont think that graph is correct..

what was apple selling in this market between 2008 and 2009 ??

ipad was launched is 2010.. so nothing happened in teh first year and the breakthrough came only in 2011 ?? we all know thats not correct.. they sold a ton of them in 2010

Everyone of those except the very last one does not include the iPad, only the last one includes the iPad, which is why there is that spike.

 

[Bernard SG]

dont think that graph is correct..

what was apple selling in this market between 2008 and 2009 ??

ipad was launched is 2010.. so nothing happened in teh first year and the breakthrough came only in 2011 ?? we all know thats not correct.. they sold a ton of them in 2010

They probably include the MBA in the category.

 

[DrDomVonDoom]

Haha that curve is quite intense.

That's what she sai- ohhhh

 

[Invincibilizer]

Haha that curve is quite intense.

It is more of an exponential spike rather than a curve.