PC Sales Strong In Stores

An anonymous reader writes "Notebooks and Desktops are both staying strong in brick-and-mortar sales, according to C|Net. While laptops have mostly fueled the market these last few years, Desktops actually had a little bit of a comeback." From the article: "The first quarter is always a bit slower than the fourth, when holiday shoppers often drive PC and chip companies to their strongest results of the year. This year, the drop from fourth quarter to first was a little more pronounced, echoing Intel's warning in March that earnings would fall short of expectations. But when compared with the first quarter of last year, PC shipments were up 28 percent, versus growth of 19.4 percent recorded during last year's first quarter."

How many sales driven by malware?

[Mostly a lurker]

Since most people do not need the full power of the latest and greatest machines, one wonders why so many are buying upgrades. I suspect that many customers have the impression their current computers are "too slow" because of all the spyware and viruses they are choked with. I wonder how long it will be until their new machines suffer the same fate.

It is ironic that the architectural faults in MS Windows may be good for the bottom line of computer manufacturers and of MS itself.

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