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"Apple\u2019s iPad is continuing to dominate U.S. personal computing device sales, and according to recent data, it drastically outsold both Android- and Windows-powered tablets this past year. The data comes from the NPD Group, which also had some interesting information to share concerning notebook sales, too.\nOut of all personal computing devices sold between January and November 2013, the iPad (the 9.7-inch iPad and the iPad mini combined) accounted for 15.8%. This is a lesser figure than the iPad\u2019s share of 2012\u2019s sales, which was slightly higher at 17.1%, but it\u2019s nevertheless bigger than the shares attributed to both Android- and Windows-powered tablets.\nThe NPD Group notes that Android-powered tablets accounted for 8.7%, while Windows-powered tablets accounted for 2.2%. Both are up by more than double last year\u2019s figures (4.2% for Android tablets, and 0.8% for Windows tablets), but each one is dwarfed by sales of Apple\u2019s iPad.\nIn its report, the NPD Group explained:\nTablet sales captured more than 22% of all personal computing device sales sold through the commercial channel through November, Windows tablet sales nearly tripled off a very small base, and Android tablet sales grew more than 160%. Apple iPad sales accounted for 59% of the volume in the tablet market.\nMore interesting, however, is the rise in popularity of Chromebooks this past year. In fact, for 2013,  Google\u2019s Chromebooks outsold Apple\u2019s MacBook notebooks by a substantial amount; Chromebooks accounted for 9.6% of personal-computing sales, while Apple notebooks accounted for 1.8%.\nNPD\u2019s vice-president of industry analysis, Stephen Baker, said: \u201CNew products like Chromebooks and reimagined items like Windows tablets are now supplementing the revitalization that iPads started in personal-computing devices. It is no accident that we are seeing the fruits of this change in the commercial markets, as business and institutional buyers exploit the flexibility inherent in the new range of choices now open to them.\u201D\nThis past year, Apple\u2019s iPad and its MacBook notebooks have been refreshed. The iPad Air gained an enhanced processor and a slimmer form factor, while the iPad mini got its long-anticipated Retina display. Apple\u2019s new MacBook Pro notebooks, on the other hand, are thinner, lighter and faster.\nDespite this, sales of iPads and MacBooks indeed fell this past year, NPD explains. Did you pick up a new Apple-made tablet or notebook?\nImage: Mashable, Christina Ascani"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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