The writing has been on the wall for years concerning the rise of the notebook computer. Notebooks were once relegated to business professionals and the upwardly mobile types that didn't mind paying $1,000 USD or more to “cut the cord.”
However, Intel's Centrino campaign coupled with lower component prices have allowed the notebook market to blossom. Society's craving for wireless Internet access anywhere and a shrinking performance gap between desktops and notebooks have finally allowed the former to rise to the top in consumer PC sales.
http://www.dailytech.com/Notebooks+O...ticle10198.htm
Gadgets Notebooks Outnumber Desktops in the Consumer Sector
3rd January 2008, 14:45
Gadgets Notebooks Outnumber Desktops in the Consumer Sector 
