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Netbooks



Richard Pieri wrote:
> I already have a "netbook".
> It's my 12" PowerBook G4 from circa 2005.

Sounds fine if you have one already, otherwise a $200 netbook + UNR is a 
more economical alternative.


> FWIW, that little factoid about performance and power is a lot of why
> Apple isn't getting into the netbook market.  Netbooks are a 4 year
> leap backwards from Apple's perspective.

I suspect is has far more to do with the fact that netbooks are low 
margin and price competitive. That's not Apple's fort?.

  -Tom

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