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| March 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

You can buy a powerful desktop computer for as little as $600. So it may seem surprising that a growing number of computer buyers--20 percent in 2002 compared with 10 percent three years ago--favor laptops, though they cost hundreds more.

Take a closer look at the latest laptops, however, and you can see why a laptop may be worth considering as your next computer. With a screen only a bit smaller than that of a desktop computer, a processor that's about as powerful, and greater flexibility than the laptops sold just a couple of years ago, today's version gives you nearly everything you'd get with a desktop computer.

True, a desktop computer is far easier ...

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