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NPD’s Stephen Baker: How can Apple capitalize on its 91% premium PC share?
Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:20 No CommentsBy Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews
It’s a very big slice of a shrinking pie. As the netbook form factor serves as a much-needed lifeboat for most PC manufacturers, driving average selling prices (ASPs) lower across-the-board, premium PC maker Apple is left with almost complete command of the higher end of the market. Those are the findings of research firm NPD earlier this week, as first reported by Betanews blogger Joe Wilcox. He computed the numbers NPD delivered, and concluded that in terms of revenue (not unit sales), more than nine of every ten dollars spent by Americans on computers whose prices are ,000 or greater, are collected by Apple.
