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Laptops Outsell Desktops in Retail Stores

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the paying-twice-as-more-for-half-as-fast dept.

TechnoPope writes "According to this article on MSNBC.Com, laptop computers accounted for 54 percent of of 500 Million in retail computer sales last year. Also mentioned was that LCD's outsold CRT's in retail as well. "

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  1. A hidden reason by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 5, Funny

    We all know that porn drives all the technological progress we evidence around us. What do you think the first telescopic lens was made for? To look at the sky? Hah! Gallileo happened to have a really attractive woman living next door.

    So it should be no surprise that laptops are outselling personal computers, because they are much more suited for the Viewing Of and Whacking Off To porn. Personal computers are large, unwieldy, and it's easy to get caught "doing the nasty" in front of them. Not so with laptops, in my personal opinion. They're portable, and can be transferred to anywhere in the house (along with thier pornographic contents) for ease of masturbation.

    What sort of innovations does the future hold? I can't say for sure. But I can say for certain that they will bring pornography to us in more detail than ever before.

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    1. Re:A hidden reason by lactose99 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Galileo lived around the age of the Renissance. Women, particularly in Italy, were considered beautiful if they were big, or at least full-figured. I don't think Galileo would have needed a telescopic lens to see his "really attractive woman living next door" under those circumstances.

      Rather, I suspect Galileo was more interested in checking out the beautiful Amazonian women on neighboring planets.

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  2. Steve Jobs = Nostradamus? by tweder · · Score: 5, Funny

    And here I thought Steve Jobs was simply weilding the "Reality Distortion Field " when he declared this year as "The Year of the Laptop."

  3. My theory by mrpuffypants · · Score: 3, Funny

    Once again proving my time tested old theory:

    The fatter and older we nerds get, the slimmer and younger our computer get.

    1. Re:My theory by hendridm · · Score: 3, Funny

      > The fatter and older we nerds get, the slimmer and younger our computer get.

      Which proves my theory, that Germans love David Hasselhoff.

  4. Re:BAAAAAA by pyrote · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's amazing what sheep will do when you tell them they should.

    This is about laptops, not social reform in wyoming.

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  5. Re:Laptops Rule! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love my laptop so much, too. It really depresses me to see it disappear as I stand up. But you can hardly imagine my joy at having it return as I sit down again.

  6. Re:And... by presearch · · Score: 3, Funny

    well, sort of.