Notebook shipments overtake desktops in new study

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  1. Baack

    Baack Road Train Member

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    http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081223/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_notebook_shipments
     
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    Makes sense. Laptop performance has gotten so much better recently, that it removes the main argument on the laptop vs desktop debate. Notebooks/laptops are still a bit of a status symbol as well.
     
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    yep, only difference now is notebooks/laptops are more expensive to upgrade, and even that is changing rapidly.
     
    panhandlepat, Dec 24, 2008
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