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Notebook Sales Outpace Desktop Sales

Posted by Soulskill on from the year-of-laptop-on-the-desktop dept.

mikesd81 writes "Eweek reports that notebook sales have surpassed desktop sales for the first time in history. 'In the third quarter of 2008, notebook PC shipments rose almost 40 percent compared with the same period of 2007 to reach 38.6 million units. Conversely, desktop PC shipments declined by 1.3 percent for the same period to 38.5 million units. "Momentum has been building in the notebook market for some time, so it's not a complete surprise that shipments have surpassed those of desktops," said iSuppli principal analyst for computer platforms Matthew Wilkins. "However, this marks a major event in the PC market because it marks the start of the age of the notebook." ... The FBI's National Crime Information Center reported that the number of reported laptop thefts increased almost 48 percent over the last two years, to nearly 109,000 from 73,700.'"

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  1. Girls and Gays by TheTyrannyOfForcedRe · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can hardly believe it when (supposed) geeks claim that laptops are on par with desktops. Where's my quad core laptop with 9TB of disk and dual 1920x1200 displays? How can anyone piddle around on some little laptop with a 15 or 17" screen and 500GB of disk and feel satisfied? I guess laptops are fine if you're computational demands end with twittering and myspacing and all of web 2.0 gayness. They sure don't cut it for me.

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    1. Re:Girls and Gays by TheTyrannyOfForcedRe · · Score: 0, Troll

      When the size of another man's dick is the first thing that pops into you mind after reading his post to Slashdot...

      Lemme guess, you're a laptop guy! I'm thinking Macbook Pro with a red iPod in tow. Hey, if the shoe fits. : )

      P.S. It's not scary huge but it is very nicely above average thank you.

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  2. Re:Last Week... by Hal+The+Computer · · Score: 1, Troll

    My previous laptop, which costed me 1200 euros...

    Just FYI, cost is one of those fun monosyllabic english words which is irregular. It should be "which cost me 1200 euros..."

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