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Laptop Sales Pass Desktops For the First Time Thanks to Netbooks

9:20AM December 24, 2008 | Sean Fallon

According to the trusted researchers at iSuppli, laptop computer sales outpaced desktops for the first time last quarter. Strong netbook sales are said to have played a decisive role in the change.

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Apple Deleting Discussions About FireWire-Less MacBooks in Forums

2:00AM October 18, 2008 | Matt Buchanan

If you’re seriously considering a MacBook over a MacBook Pro, one of the major sniggles is the fact that it no longer has FireWire, an omission seemingly designed to stratify the more-alike-than-ever models. So, it’s natural users would take to the Apple forums to talk it out (or, let’s be real, bitch). But Apple isn’t having any of that apparently: MacFixIt is reporting that Apple is yanking threads from its forums that talk about the lack of FireWire on the new MacBooks. Of course, there’s the possibility that these threads just contain complaints and not actual discussion questions, and that’s the reason they were deleted.

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