Comments on: Best Buy CEO: iPad Cannibalizing Up To 50 Percent Of Laptop Sales

By: alias

alias — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:19:50 +0000

I’d be interested in seeing cannibalization from Apple laptop sales…

By: Jane555

Jane555 — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:37:45 +0000

iPad would disrupt the PC market.—- absolutely!
Just read the numbers, ‘internal estimates showed that the iPad had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50%.” 50%!!
I love my iPad. It has almost completely replaced my personal computer. For the things I do… It is perfect! Much nicer than any CPU I have ever owned. All my other computers would do a lot of things I would never use it for, and do it painfully in the process (slow, buggy, etc.). When you get down to what you do most on you personal computer… the iPad does almost all of the things an average user needs, and with a much much nicer U/I. Easy of use, fast, and efficient. The other computer manufacturers could learn a thing or two from this, but even if they do… they will probably screw-up the one they come out with by adding all the crap back in again. Ugggggg!!!!

I am sticking with my iPad. I think other will do the same once they try it and realize it is the perfect personal computer :-)
And some of my collections: http://www.ifunia.com/ipad-column/index.html
http://www.ipadhelpguide.net/
make the cool device more fun.

By: Nataraj

Nataraj — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:57:51 +0000

http://equiretechnologies.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/a-very-basic-e-book-primer-what-should-it-cover/

By: nomster

nomster — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:33:50 +0000

Re the update – well okay if you’re really that keen on mental gymnastics – go for it. More logically ne can see that the decline in netbook sales is so clearly linked to the launch of the iPad and a surge in interest in tablet computing as a result.

It’s a bit like people determined to deny the possibility that the iPhone has had an impact on Nokias profits even though the timelines coincide almost exactly

Mental gymnastics can be fun but often what seems obvious is what’s really happening

By: arun

arun — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:25:45 +0000

What kind of report will let him come to this kind of conclusion. Laptop sales are slow as Windows 7 sales have dried up and iPad sales are up as its a new form of device that a lot of people are buying mainly as a secondary device to a laptop . None of my friends have put off their laptop purchase because of iPad.

By: ed

ed — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:02:10 +0000

Some laptops especially HP and Sony were marketed as consumer electronics and we need to keep in mind that Best Buy is a consumer electronics retailer. Of course, iPad will erode these types of laptops in these types of stores.

By: dchurbuck

dchurbuck — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:56:50 +0000

I don’t understand the bone being picked. I guess your “anecdotal basis” for trying to refute a factual statement by Best Buy’s CEO says it all. Is this news or opinion or bloviation?

By: Rich Ord

Rich Ord — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:01:47 +0000

The iPad is obviously cannibalizing laptop and tablet sales and for good reason. As a purchaser of five iPads so far, the iPad is simply more convenient to travel with, which of course is the number one reason people used to purchase a laptop.

By: Henry_3_Dogg

Henry_3_Dogg — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:36:23 +0000

“…Will tablets erode laptop sales? Yes, but this iPad isn’t the one.”

Well that’s a daft comment. Assuming erode can be used in this sense, then my front wall is eroded, but there’s still 99.9% of the stone left.

The iPad has eroded laptop sales if it’s consumed any noticeable portion.

If the chap from BestBuy is saying up to 50%, and component watchers are saying netbooks and low end laptops are down, and the iPad is selling well, then it’s a no brained that there has been some erosion.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:24:33 +0000

I don’t understand how the conclusion is supported by the rest of the article. Best Buy says that “as much as 50%” of sales are cannibalized, presumably based on real data, then the author gives some anecdotes and concludes this isn’t true? This is some pretty shoddy reporting.