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Old 02-13-2009, 05:08 PM   #51
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Location: Reno, NV, USA
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Originally Posted by Ervserver View Post
for the same money you can get a nice 10" Netbook computer, color screen, WI-FI, more versatile, just as light, more memory, etc.
True. But I have a netbook, and I don't use it for reading. I use it for checking e-mail and looking up recipes to use in the kitchen. I spend all day working on computers and spend a lot of my free time playing games on computers. So sometimes I actually do NOT want to be:

- Staring at an LCD screen
- Plugged into the wall (I can easily read longer than any laptop battery lasts)
- Worrying about placing it on the carpet when I go get a soda and having the darn thing overheat on me
- Stuck sitting in an upright position (kinda hard to lay on your back reading off a laptop)

Not to mention how nice it is giving my wrists and shoulders a rest from using a mouse. Ouch.
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