Two in three retail PCs are notebooks

Holiday shoppers really want to make sure those new PCs fit under the tree this year.

As noted two weeks ago following the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush, consumers are spending their money on notebooks. Now, the trends observed during the Black Friday shopping week are taking on a more concrete shape as December rolls on and last-minute buyers ponder the 15.4-inch wide-screen Core 2 Duo notebook versus the one less likely to make MasterCard happy.