With the economy in turmoil, a lot of people who are looking to buy PCs are increasingly turning to cheap, low-power mini-laptops. And that single move is bolstering what otherwise would be a soft PC industry, according to industry analysts at Gartner Inc. With a strong push from the new slew of mini-notebooks hitting the market, worldwide PC shipments reached 80.6 million units in the third quarter this year.

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