Desktops becoming a less viable business
With thinning margins in the desktop space, PC makers are seeing higher profits and bigger growth in the notebook space
Agam Shah is a reporter for the IDG News Service in New York. He covers hardware including PCs, servers, tablets, chips, semiconductors, consumer electronics and peripherals.
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