[Liverpool] New Netbook/Laptop suggestions

[oscillik]

I still really want an OQO Model 02

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> From: Vladimir <vladimir.jakubovskij at gmail.com>
> To: liverpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Sent: 9.9.'09,  11:27
>
> [quote]The whole netbook thing is messed up now. The whole point of them 
> was
> that they were small, lightweight and cheap, but now the manufacturers
> are adding size, weight, features and price, turning them into small
> laptops and losing their unique features.[/quote]
>
> yes this is the problem. i don't want a netbook with anything more than 
> 7-8 inch display.
> and that 10" screens makes it not already an ultra portable netbook, but 
> not a laptop
> computer yet.
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> 2009/9/9 Andrew Williams <andy at tensixtyone.com>
>> On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 05:58:19AM -0400, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> I too had a 12" Mac, an iBook, but I think I prefer the form factor of
>>> this Eee PC 900,but there doesn't seem to be much in the way of small
>>> netbooks with SSD storage now.
>>
>> I think the OEMs realised that they kicked off the netbooks revolution a
>> little too early, working with either small celerons or the new Atom. 
>> SSDs
>> were nothing more than a stacked flash drive with a IDE interface. Intel 
>> are
>> pushing in this market and their SSDs are AMAZING, but for the mean time 
>> the
>> OEMs have moved back to HDDs and the newer Atoms.
>>
>> The days of the Eee style netbooks are over IMHO. They're now turning
>> into just small laptops again. If anything I think the netbook 
>> revolution
>> just proved to the OEMs that a market for small, ultra portable, but low
>> powered laptops does exist.
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Williams
>> w: http://tensixtyone.com/
>> e: andy (at) tensixtyone.com
>>
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