The NPD Group's forecasting model is a unique combination of point-of-sale and consumer data, along with econometric modeling and the expertise of our industry analysts. That combination created a forecast for 2005 that came within two percent of The NPD Group's actual consumer data for the year. |
The PC is a big durable goods item now. When the economy is slowing, people tend to reduce their spending on those kinds of things. |
The PC is much more of a mature product than it's ever been before, so it's much subject to the vagaries of the overall economy, ... When the economy slows and people retrench, they don't buy durable goods, and the PC is a big durable now. |
The powerful collaboration of industry leaders HP and AMD continues to yield successful results, as demonstrated by the HP Special Edition L2000 Notebook PC. With its rich feature set and distinctive branding, this notebook has proven to be extremely popular throughout the North American retail market. |
The thing about all these back-end connections is that there are so many of them. If you asked anybody, there are too many connections, too many options, and too many wires. People are looking for a solution that's more all-encompassing, that makes it easier to plug all that stuff in. |
There is more interest in these products. Pricing is more reasonable. They're getting smaller, more mobile. |
There need to be compelling reasons to replace your PC. And right now there aren't any. |
They have been aggressive on notebooks, but their notebooks are getting a little old and are at a disadvantage with pricing. Their consumer notebooks are at risk the next few months until they get into new models. |
This is a major milestone for AMD, ... This is the first time that a processor family, other than one manufactured by Intel, led the U.S. retail market. |
This is a major milestone for AMD. This is the first time that a processor family, other than one manufactured by Intel, led the U.S. retail market. |
This is the year you really put the stake in the ground. |
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. |
Typically, we see flat or slightly rising prices in December, because people are usually willing to pay more. |
Video is more complicated and takes up more bandwidth than audio. While the two are related to some extent, video will require much more from the marketplace in terms of infrastructure to support it than the audio market did. |
We haven't really given people a reason why they would want to own one yet. |