The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Laptops at top of PC sales

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Laptops at top of PC sales: "Sales of laptop computers in U.S. stores outpaced those of desktop computers for the first time in May, according to a survey by market-research firm The NPD Group.
Laptops accounted for more than 54 percent of the nearly $500 million in retail computer sales, the Port Washington, N.Y., company said Tuesday.
That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.
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But laptops weren't the only product to outperform predecessors. May was the first time sales of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) surpassed those of traditional monitors based on cathode-ray tubes. "