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According to Larry Dignan on ZDNet:

• Hard drives are the “hot” PC accessory this holiday season.
  Of course with Leopard and Time Machine we can see that an external drive quickly becomes a must-have for anyone wanting to retain their data. It really takes the pain out of maintaining backups.
• Notebook demand remains strong.
  Anyone could have told you this. With AOL giving low-end laptops away and MacBook demand going through the roof, people are keen on having computing where they want it rather than having to place the computer in the spare room. And nothing beats using your laptop to answer those questions that strike in the middle of the night. Or is that just me?
• Anything Apple.
  No surprise here either. A recent report said that 1 iPhone and 13 iPods are being sold an hour currently in any one of the Apple Retail Stores. Like last year, this is going to increase as Christmas approaches.
• Printers are an afterthought
  I’d not really noticed but I don’t have a working printer at home currently. I’ve just not needed it. Having the iPhone makes a difference for sure because I tend to keep stuff in my email and of course, iPhone is really good for email. I never need to print anything.
• Smartphone discounts abound, but not for long.
  These discounts were in direct competition with the iPhone but they were simply not sustainable. Of course there’s a palpable difference between having a smartphone and a smart phone. Hey, it’s the same phone as Chris Moyles and Jeremy Clarkson.

We’ve upgraded the discussions forum from the crufty old YaBB install complete with about 8000 spammers, to a new Wordpress-based forum. We’re going to be able to spot spammers a mile off with the new software and we’ve got much better controls over moderation and the code we can use. I know - who cares eh?

Go look at the new NiMUG Forums!

Here’s the old forums which we’ll keep online for a bit longer and then slowly close them down.