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Can NetBooks & Tablets Co-Exist?

bsk_cw writes "According to Computerworld's Serdar Yegulalp, there has been a lot of talk about whether the iPad will take the place of the netbook — or, in fact, whether it will eat into the market share for more mainstream desktop and laptop computers. But, he continues, the iPad has a long way to go before it becomes a netbook killer — if only because it has created a space all its own."

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  1. Re:Well... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is just silly.

    Yes, but I needed an article like this to cheer me up in the morning. Makes me glad I'm not a /. editor who has to try and filter this kind of stuff.

  2. Definitive answer by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

    No.

    I mistakenly left my Acer netbook on my bedside table and my old Fujitsu stylistic on my bed when I left for work yesterday. When I got home, all I found on my bed was some half-melted plastic and blown capacitors.

    There can be only one...

  3. Re:When can I program on it? by thomasdz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah... BASIC: I have SIMH running an HP2000F emulation and guess what? You programmed those machines in BASIC sonny.
    I also program occasionally in COBOL...wanna make fun of me some more?
    I also program in BrainFuck...can I be cool now?

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  4. Re:Well... by afabbro · · Score: 4, Funny

    NO. THEY CANNOT EXIST TOGETHER!

    We need to take this to Thunderdome! Two computing devices enter, one computing device leaves!

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