40% of all PCs sold in 2010 will be laptops
Fact recorded on: November 27, 2006. Categories: PCs.
Notebooks represent the fastest-growing segment of the worldwide PC market, accounting for 40% of all PC unit shipments in 2010, up from 28% in 2005, according to iSuppli.
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