A Guide to PCs This Holiday Season

November 30, 2007 By PETER SVENSSON and MAY WONG, AP Technology Writers

(AP) -- Computers outranked peace and happiness for the most desired gift this year in an annual U.S. survey by the consumer electronics industry's largest trade organization.

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