Computer sales on Amazon.com are not exactly a proxy for the broader
retail market. Still, I do think it is noteworthy that of the top 20 best-selling laptops on Thursday evening, just one was running Windows Vista.
That one is an HP mini-notebook that ranked No. 18, trailing behind a
gaggle of Macs and Netbooks running either Windows XP or Linux.
On the plus side for Redmond, 10 of the top 20 machines were
running some flavor of Windows. And, as I mentioned, Amazon is not a
true barometer.
Apple's market share, while growing isn't exactly neck and neck
with Microsoft's. And Netbooks, while a rising trend, aren't completely
taking over the market.
But while the numbers are skewed the trends are worth paying
attention to. Two of the hottest parts of the PC market are the areas
where Windows faces its stiffest competition.
The Amazon sales trend was noted earlier Thursday by MacDailyNews, though they used a slightly different measurement.
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