I realize that I will be the last person to point this out, but on Monday, Apple announced that they will be switching to Intel processors, and Debian produced a new stable release after three years.
Have you ever noticed that seemingly unlikely events that people joke about being signs of the coming apocalypse tend to happen in groups?
Meanwhile, something that I've been predicting for a while is starting to happen, which AFAIK is not a sign of the apocalypse: Laptop computers outsold desktops for the first time last month.
I read about cars once (thirty seconds of web surfing failed to find a cite) that convertibles (which used less material) were once cheaper than fixed-roof models (which were considered more luxurious). I think something similar is happening to computers; laptops are arguably of more utility to the consumer. My question is whether this will eventually push the parts to build your own desktop PC back up out of the commodity range.
