Up 40%, WW notebook shipments surpassed desktops for the first time in Q3 reaching 38.6m units, while desktop ended its era with 38.5m (-1.3%).

PC shipments in Q3 rose 15.4% to 79 million units. iSuppli sees year 2008 unit growth as up with 13.0% but revised 2009 to just 4.3%. To calculate where that leaves desktops in 2009, do the math that suggests desktop’s contraction will reach double-digits.

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