Laptop Blog 360: market

market (10 posts)

Netbook killed the Laptop star?, February 5, 2009

The latest numbers on netbooks look promising, promising for netbooks that is. But how are they going to affect the overall laptop market? Continue reading

Retail Watch: Prices sliding at Best Buy as well, January 5, 2009

A look at this week's dropping prices and developing trends in the weekly circular ad of electronics giant Best Buy. Continue reading

Retail Watch: 16" HP widescreen slides under $500 already, January 4, 2009

This week's Office Depot circular ad reveals new lower prices with a 16" widescreen being under $500 - albeit after two mail-in rebates. But none-the-less, the prices are definitely sliding! Continue reading

Retail Watch: 13.3" widescreens for everyone? (this week at Staples), January 4, 2009

The first week of 2009 brings us some nice prices, not just at the entry-level, but also making the 13.3" laptops more mass-market. Continue reading

Popular laptops in December 2008, January 3, 2009

The most popular laptops at the busy NotebookReview.com website for the month of December 2008 have been published, with traditional notebooks having 9 out of 10. Continue reading

Market Watch: Best Buy price drops, December 29, 2008

As part of our on-going Market Watch series, we look at the prices advertised in this week's Best Buy circular ad Continue reading

$400 laptops are the new $500 laptops!, December 29, 2008

A quick survey of the laptops offered in the Circuit City circular advertisement as found in the Suday newspapers. Continue reading

The Attack of the Affordable Laptops, December 28, 2008

A round-up of some of the laptops featured at Office Depot and what they say about the same of the laptop market at brick and mortar. Continue reading

The economy and the Sunday paper ads (example: Staples), December 28, 2008

A look at the Staples Sunday paper ad shows how the prices of laptops have been affected both by the economy and the popularity of netbooks. Continue reading

A survey of sub-$500 laptops in the Sunday paper, December 24, 2008

A survey of the sub-$500 laptops in this week's Sunday paper reveals even a reasonably spec'ed laptop for $400 (but after rebate). Continue reading