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One would think the Macbook Air would have been mentioned in this article. If the lack of a CD-ROM/DVD drive isn't evident of web application focus instead of
by iamdave 18y ago
One would think the Macbook Air would have been mentioned in this article. If the lack of a CD-ROM/DVD drive isn't evident of web application focus instead of hard data, nothing is.
- halo 18y agoBecause the concern is low-price and spec, not size.
- jimbokun 18y agoYes, but the MacBook Air addresses the main problem with the "netbook" computers. It has a large screen and keyboard, while still being ridiculously light and thin. So, if you can make netbooks thin and light but still wide (for keyboard and screen), and still cheap, you pretty much eliminate the only remaining argument for more "full featured" laptops. For now, it seems thin, light, and wide is enough of an engineering challenge that it's only possible for expensive notebooks. But it will be interesting to see if that will change.
- trezor 18y agoNot really. This article is about low cost ultra portables, not regular laptops.
- Tichy 18y agoMy Dell Latitude X1 is a real laptop and not much bigger than eepc. Not much more expensive than eepc on ebay, either. I think the eepc-things are a passing fad. Among other things, soon "real" notebooks of the same size won't be much more expensive than the semi-things.