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Tablet PCs Enter Reality

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-antaur dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Tablet PCs are finally hitting real-world budgets. Averatec released a Tablet PC with an AMD Athlon XP-M 2200+ processor and will be at Costco and Staples for $1349. Here is a link to a photo overview where you can see how the pen snaps into the LCD area when not in use, what the touchpad looks like, and quite a few other pictures." Element Computer seems to have radically changed their business model -- I had hoped they'd succeed with their $999 VIA-based tablet.

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  1. has anybody been able to read this by kraada · · Score: -1, Redundant

    because so far as I can tell, I'm first post, and it's /.ed already . . .

  2. Ok by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Now I've never seen a site get slashdotted before a single comment. wow.

    1. Re:Ok by kc3lai · · Score: 0, Redundant

      because the web server is running on the tablet pc

  3. ./'ed already by planetsphinx · · Score: -1, Redundant

    wow.. no comments and already slashdotted..

    mysql://pcbuyers:@localhost/polarbear failed to connectToo many connections

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    -Mikey