It is a historic moment for the sale of computers. According to iSuppli, known U.S. research observatory, during the third quarter of 2008, sales of notebooks surpassed desktops. During the period in question, in fact, have been sold worldwide, 38.6 million notebooks, compared to “only” 38.5 million desktop computers.
In both cases the figures have increased over the same period of 2007, but in the case of desktop growth is about 1 .5%, while in the case of laptops growth has increased by 40%.
As for the manufacturers that have sold more ‘computer, we find no substantive changes from the latest data. HP always in the lead, with a market share of 18.8%, Dell in second place (13.9% market share), followed by Acer, Lenovo and then, finally, Toshiba. But Read more: