Study Shows Nearly Half Of Student Notebook Buyers Choosing Macs

on 08/09/2010, filed in Home > Apple

The folks over at Apple should be pretty happy as a new Student Monitor study reveals that almost half of college students getting a notebook plan to buy Macs, and of the 87 percent of prospective buyers, 47 percent plan to get a version of the MacBook, which is an all time high for Apple, and sees interest in Dell and HP shrink to just 12 and 11 percent respectively. The study doesn’t explain why Apple is on the rise, but perhaps the popularity of its iOS devices might have rubbed off on students, and the claimed 10-hour battery life on certain MacBook models are also attractive features for students who need to keep a notebook running on battery power for several hours.

Apple Inc: Apple Inc was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne as a computer company wich is often credited to have initiated personal computing. After a meteoric rise in the 80s, Apple had lost the personal computing battle against Microsoft and others in the 90s. But in the late 90s and early 2000s, the company came back to profitability by focusing on less products and started using industry-standard components. Apple's largest business is now in the smartphone space, with the iPhone representing more than half of the revenues and an even larger part of the profits. Read our Apple product reviews to see what the company has been up to: iPhone 5 Review, Macbook Pro with Retina display review

Dell: Dell Inc. is one of largest technology corporations in the world. Michael Dell started the company in 1984, and it sold computers built from stock components. Previously named PCs Limited, the company created the "Turbo PC," the company's first computer. In 1988, the company changed its name to Dell Computer Corporation. Dell sells personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, and computer peripherals. Dell acquired computer hardware company Alienware in 2006, and Perot Systems, an information technology services provider, in 2009. Dell is also considered as the third largest PC vendors in the world, next to HP and Lenovo (as of 12/30/2013).

HP: Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly known as HP, is an American information technology corporation based in Palo Alto, California. From its humble beginnings as a company built by William Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard in a one-car garage during the year 1939, HP is now one of the world's leading PC manufacturers and is recognized as a legendary institution in Silicon Valley. The company's first product was an audio oscillator. Today, HP provides products, technologies, software solutions, and services to individual consumers, small and medium businesses, and large enterprises. Its products include laptops, desktops, AIOs, monitors, scanners, servers, printers, workstations, and the like. Read our HP product reviews to see what the company has been up to:HP Envy 4 Review, HP MediaSmart Server EX495 Review,HP Elitebook 2730P Review, HP TouchPad Review

Macbook Pro: The Macbook Pro is a laptop line from Apple Inc. It exists in two main variants, 13" and 15", and typically serves as the "professional" mobile computers for the company. All Macbook Pro computers use a Unibody design which is carved into a massive block of aluminum to ensure structural integrity. On June 11 2012, Apple has announced the new Macbook Pro with Retina display.

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