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The beleaguered PC industry is taking a cue from McDonald's, bundling hardware and services into computing "value meals" that offer better deals for customers and steadier revenue for PC makers.

With PC manufacturers facing one of the worst years ever for hardware sales, services are increasingly becoming the new lifeblood of the industry, analysts say. Not only can services secure more hardware sales, PC makers have become more adept at coming up with ways to make the services industry follow the same business patterns as does manufacturing.

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