Posted January 12, 2013 by David H in Technology

Sales for windows notebook dipped during holidays - NDP

Northern, WI 1/12/2013 (avauncer) - As reported by the NPD Group, the New Year’s holiday season saw customers shopping electronic appliances of all sorts rather than computers. The trend of restricted computer speeding was the sole catalyst that triggered a sharp decline in the demand for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s Windows Notebooks the report concluded.

The Port Washington – New York based research firm - reported that the unit sales of Windows Notebook fell by 11% Despite the fact that the device costs to the lower side of $500. There was also a decline of 16% in its revenues. The NPD also expressed that even the much hyped launch of the Windows-8 was not able to boost the demands for the company’s Notebooks. The Notebook sales were declining throughout the year 2012 and “the new operating system did little” to improve the situation, NPD’s research report read.

However the figures released today exclude the tablet sales data of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Surface tablet and the iPad by Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)

NPD’s report also revealed that Apple (NASDAQ: APPL)’s Mac book sales also suffered a 6% low in its sales of the renowned product MacBook.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares were increased by 1.40% and closed at $26.83.

The shares of Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) were decreased by 0.61% to close at $520.30.

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David H

David H. Steinberg grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut, entered Yale at age 16, and earned his law degree from Duke University, where he served as editor-in-chief of the law review. After four years of entertainment law in Atlanta and New York, he abandoned his legal career to attend U.S.C.’s Peter Stark Producing Program. Steinberg broke out as a writer in 1999 with his teen comedy SLACKERS that ignited a bidding war for the script. The movie starred Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, and model Jaime King and became an instant cult classic.