<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:35 PM, john-thomas richards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org">jtr@jrichards.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 02:20:50PM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">> The technical details are pretty skimpy.<br>
> e.g., how much RAM. IMHO it's better to<br>
> get a cheap laptop and just run Puppy<br>
> or something. The netbooks look pretty<br>
> expensive yet for what you get. A CPU<br>
> with no poop, and pretty lousy battery life.<br>
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</div>It's amazing how these "netbooks" resemble regular laptops from a couple<br>
years ago but with a small screen. I think the concept was a small,<br>
lightweight net device that wouldn't hurt a great deal if lost / dropped<br>
/ stolen. Now "netbook" essentially means "laptop with small screen and<br>
little cost-savings."<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
john-thomas<br></font><div><div class="h5"> </div></div></blockquote><div>I think the last line about covers it.</div><div>At present, they make little economic</div><div>sense IMHO. </div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div>
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