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Can NetBooks & Tablets Co-Exist?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gobble-gobble-gobble dept.

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:Not as long as I'm around... by Hognoxious · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm surprised there isn't a gadet like a tray that hangs round your neck. Sort of like ther ones icecream sellers in cinemas used to have.

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  2. Re:Well... by Gilmoure · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh geez, here we go:
    Mac Plus with Minix boot disks (geek fun)
    Mac IIcx with NetBSD (old router with 3 10MB Nubus NICs)
    Mac Centris 650 with Apple A/UX (geek fun)
    Mac Quadra 650 with Mac OS 7.6.1 (run Photoshop 2.5/Illustrator 5.5 and LaCie tabloid scsi scanner)
    Mac Duo 270c with OS 7.1 (runs cool screen saver)
    Mac MDD G4 with OS X 10.4 (need to sell)
    Mac Cube with fried logic board/power converter (inserted homemade cable reversed on one side. D'oh!)
    iBook G4 1GHz (Backup system for Mom)
    Mac Mini G4 with NetBSD (web server)
    2x MacBooks Core2Duo something or other. (Wife and Daughter's computers)
    Mac Mini Core2Duo (AV Server)
    Mac Mini Core2Duo with Win7
    iMac Core2Duo something or other (speed now days isn't that important for my personal system)
    iPod shuffle (original)
    iPod Picture
    iPod Video
    iPod Nano
    iPod Touch
    iPhone 3GS
    iPhone 4

    D'oh! No iPad. Oh, that's right, am waiting for v.2.

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    I drank what? -- Socrates