Can anyone explain what's happening in the suddenly-hot PC market? IDC Canada reports Q2 sales north of the border jumped 20.5% while breaking the 1M unit mark for the first time in what is usually a slow sales period. Laptops are particularly hot as consumers become comfortable with their ability to provide performance and wireless Internet access. Of course, low prices are a key factor when you can buy a new PC for less than $500 and a laptop for less than $1K. It's almost got to the point where PCs are a short-term (two or three year) investment. Of course, this also means making PCs is a high-volume, low-margin business - not a new trend, mind you - unless you're Calgary-based Voodoo Computers and selling high-end, ultra-powerful PCs and laptops to the gamer and digital content communities. PCs makers must be feeling their oats again if MDG's decision to get NBA MVP Steve Nash to appear in radio, TV and print ads is any indication.