____/ alt on Thursday 27 December 2007 04:34 : \____
> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:40:41 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | "Mini-notebooks," which include the hardback-book sized UMPC standard
>> | engineered by Intel and Microsoft (and manufactured by Samsung, OQO
>> and | Asus), sold fewer than 350,000 units worldwide in 2007, according
>> to IDC | data.
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>> http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/24/apple-tablet-silverthorne-tech-ebiz-
> cx_rr_1225appletab.html?partner=yahootix
>>
>> That's horrible.
>>
>> Ahead of Christmas alone, Asus sold a large number of Linux-based
>> "Mini-notebooks" (over 350,000), despite serious shortages. 5 million
>> more, IIRC, are expected to be sold next year, with rising estimates.
>
> It's the pricepoint. Most of these sub-compact PCs are in the $1500-$2000
> range. The Eee is $400 (I just saw it at "The Source" - Formerly known as
> Radio Shack - For $350). I'd rather buy a normal laptop for $800-$1000
> and an Eee for $400. That way I can have a really small cheap laptop for
> short excursions and the big laptop for longer work excursions.
A $5000-$10000 Surface is out of the question then, I suppose. It won't fir in
your pouch, either.
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