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Old 08-19-2011, 07:31 PM   #171
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We'll therefore see a swing some way back towards netbooks once the initial fervour for large tablets dies down.
I honestly don't see how that can happen. I like the "trasformer" part of the Eee, but just today (being completely oblivious to the developments in Apple galaxy) noticed that in my local FutureShop this little puppy:
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/produ.../10156610.aspx

iPad + that keyboard is not a replacement for Air, but it comes pretty darn close, as far as I am concerned. The only thing that can save a wintel netbook is a sudden and very surprising deployment of power_efficient/super_potent Intel hardware.
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