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Flight of the Desktops

Posted by timothy on from the look-out-below dept.

theodp writes "Slate's Farhad Manjoo has seen the future of computing, and it's looking mighty bleak for desktop computers. In the last decade, portable computers have erased many of the advantages that desktops once claimed while desktops have been unable to shake their one glaring deficiency — they're chained to your desk. Last year, sales of laptops eclipsed sales of desktops for the first time, and it's been projected that by 2015 desktops will constitute just 18% of the consumer PC market."

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  1. Re:No notebook in my near future. by war4peace · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have you been living under a rock? Future will end in 2012. The Mayans said it. Nevermind they are extinct now.

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    ...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)