The ubiquity of wireless may help explain the rise of the laptop. Laptops will overtake desktop PCs as the dominant form of computer in 2011, according to a report by analysts IDC. The demand for bulky machines will continue to slowly grow but at a declining rate as portable machines become quicker and more efficient.

The report predicts the laptop market will grow by 16.1% year-on-year until 2011, compared to 3.8% for desktop PCs. There will also be a short burst of desktop shipments over the next year as Microsoft rolls out Vista, it predicts.

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