Apple Tops Dell on Black Friday

Think gear like Apple's iPod and Nintendo's Wii were hot sale items on Black Friday. Consumer electronics and games saw the most growth, followed by music, video and books.

Nielsen's Black Friday numbers showed that Apple's web site surged past Dell's to become the computer maker most visited from home PCs on that popular shopping day. Nielsen estimated that 1.4 million people visited Apple.com, up 111 percent from a year before. Dell's traffic rose 29 percent, to 1.3 million.