Earlie, Mike M,
from the CNet article Mike linked,
yeeps! 2/99 retail PCs selling for $1,500 and more dropped by 70% in units from 2/98.
<<Sub-$1,000 PCs continued to dominate at PC retailers, with the largest
growth in the sub-$600 market, which swelled 657 percent over February
1998. Sub-$600 PC sales now represent 19.9 percent of PCs sold at
retail, according to market researcher PC Data.
Segments of PCs above $600 fared as follows:
€PCs falling in the $600 to $1,000 range: Unit share fell 12.9 percent,
although it remained the largest portion of the retail PC market with 42
percent.
€PCs priced between $1,000 and $1,500 accounted for 33.3 percent of
sales in February, and represented a 5 percent increase over January
1999 and a 4.6 percent gain over February 1998.
€Sales of PCs priced at more than $1,500 represented only 5 percent of
total retail sales, and registered a 70 percent unit decline over
February 1998.>> |
