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Has Apple’s iPad Finally Killed The Netbook, Or Is It Dying Of Its Own Shortcomings?

CNET’s Dan Ackerman observes that It’s hard to believe that before 2007, a laptop was considered low-cost if it sold for less than $1,000. Then came the netbook revolution spearheaded initially by Asus with its original Eee PC, and from that point on, every PC maker was forced (some more reluctantly than others) to embrace this new subgenre, and suddenly netbooks were everywhere. Then they […]