Merry Christmas, Apple: MacBook Current #1 on Amazon.com Computer Sales List

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

This Fortune story is interesting, but what it doesn’t mention is as interesting as what it does mention. This MacBook is indeed #1 on the Amazon.com Computer Sales List (at the time of this writing), despite the fact that the #2 seller is (after rebates) priced nearly 50% lower, but there’s other news as well (click to enlarge image above).

Helped along by rebates ranging from $75 to $150, three Apple-brand notebooks are on the top 10 list this morning. The other bestsellers are the 80 GB MacBook (No. 7) and the 120 GB MacBook Pro (No. 10).

Price cutting among the competition is even steeper. HP’s (HPQ) 250 GB Pavilion (No. 5) is selling for $999.99, 27% off the $1,375 list price. Source: Fortune

We Say: Naturally since the list is updated every hour, this could change at any time, but right now the Nokia N800 is #3 on the list. There are 9 HP PC / laptop computers in the top 25. There are 3 MacBooks in the top 10, and (it figures, given the prior figure) the 3 Year AppleCare Protection Plan for the MacBook is #22!

The Asus Eee 4G also has two entries in the top 15, with white apparently being more popular at #8, though at #12 black is sold out (perhaps if it wasn’t it would be higher than white?).

Also, if anyone doubts the desktop PC is on the way out, there are 18 laptops in the top 25.