http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/imac.windows.7.timing.help.apple.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/imac27inch-logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mac desktops represented nearly half of all desktops sold at US retail shops in October, the NPD Group said in a new study. About 47.7 percent of desktop revenue was from iMacs, Mac minis or Mac Pros, an increase from 45 percent in April and a sharp surge from just 33 percent in October 2008. Mac notebooks also saw a sequential gain from 30 percent in April to 34 percent last month, though this ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/imac.windows.7.timing.help.apple.sales/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/october.sales.number.show.wii.back.on.top/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/wiiblackeditionintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />While Sony's PS3 has outsold Microsoft's Xbox 360 in October after the introduction of the lower-priced $300 slim PS3, Nintendo's Wii is back to the top of the sales charts, according to data collected by NPD. Still, the market is being saturated, as the Wii's sales in October of 2008 were nearly 300,000 units stronger. These numbers also came during an overall software sales slump, which fell 18 ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/october.sales.number.show.wii.back.on.top/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/npd.says.win.7.units.soar.cash.modest/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/windows7homepremium-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The NPD Group today revealed that initial Windows 7 sales were more than twice as strong as for Vista. Although declining to provide the number of copies estimated sold, the researchers note that boxed, retail unit sales of the new OS were 234 percent higher in the first few days than the 2007 release. The jump is credited to both to steep pre-order discounts, strong marketing and similar approa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/npd.says.win.7.units.soar.cash.modest/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/npd.positive.on.back.to.school.pc.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/asuseeepc1008ha-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Back-to-school notebook sales were as strong as ever this year but skewed in favor of cheaper systems, the NPD Group said today in a new study. About $1.6 billion of the $7.6 billion spent between late July and mid-September went directly to notebooks, or about as much as was spent last year despite ongoing economic problems and rendering them "recession-proof." However, the revenue came at the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/npd.positive.on.back.to.school.pc.sales/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/npd.shows.mac.use.in.us.on.the.rise/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/macbookpro17-mattesm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Over 12 percent of all US homes have at least one Mac but aren't exclusive to the platform, the NPD Group found in its latest Household Penetration study. The number is a large jump from nine percent just last year, but about 85 percent of these also have at least one Windows PC as well. These homes are also more likely to have three or more computers, at 66 percent, versus just 29 percent for W... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/05/npd.shows.mac.use.in.us.on.the.rise/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/20/npd.smartphone.split/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/blackberrycurve8330-review2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Smartphones now represent more than a quarter of all cellphones sold in the US, the NPD Group has revealed in findings on Wednesday. Shipments of the devices jumped by almost half, or 47 percent, year over year in to where they represented 28 percent of all phones in the country this spring. The shift helped push the average price of a phone up $4 to $87.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/20/npd.smartphone.split/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/itunes.now.25p.of.us.music/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/itunesmoviesaustralia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Exactly one quarter of all music sold in the US now comes from iTunes, the NPD Group said today. Its portion of the market for the first half of 2009 is up from 21 percent in 2008 and represents 69 percent of the digital-only market. By comparison, Walmart now has just 14 percent of all music while Best Buy claims third place with an unspecified amount. In digital, Amazon MP3 is a distant secon... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/itunes.now.25p.of.us.music/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/13/npd.says.25pc.netbooks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/asuseeepc1000hv.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Netbooks are growing in popularity so quickly that they could represent a quarter of all portables sold this year, the NPD Group's DisplaySearch predicted today. Although netbook shipments should almost exactly double their 2008 levels to about 32.7 million in 2009, the researchers sees the total notebook market actually dropping by 100,000 systems to 129.5 million. The inertia would leave netbo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/13/npd.says.25pc.netbooks/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/netbook.buyers.unhappy/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/dellinspironmini10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite the prominent sales spot for netbooks, many of those buying the mini PCs are not only unsatisfied with the experience but often have unrealistic expectations, an NPD study shows. About 60 percent of those who bought netbooks mistakenly assumed the systems would have the same features and performance as notebooks. Among college-age buyers, 65 percent expected the systems to run faster tha... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/netbook.buyers.unhappy/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/12/most.money.goes.to.bd.dvd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/tivo-netflix.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Researchers NPD Group today said that 88% of the money consumers spend on home entertainment goes towards purchasing and renting movies on DVD and Blu-ray discs. Of the $25 each US consumer spends on average in a given month, 63 percent was found to be spent on DVD purchases, 7 percent on Blu-ray discs, and 18% went towards renting DVD and Blu-ray movies. The remaining 12 percent was split between... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/12/most.money.goes.to.bd.dvd/ Tue, 12 May 2009 20:20:00 GMT