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I don't get 'netbooks'. Breaking features out into multiple limited packagings benefits sellers, not buyers. There. I said it.
Friday, 03-Jul-09 12:27:20 UTC from omb-
@josh So you want a microwave in your TV? Where would the ink cartridge go?
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@gregknicholson I'd argue those are entirely different mechanisms; netbook v laptop is not. It's just smaller, & less useful.
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@josh Or, with less dadaism, sometimes you want a specialist tool, not a Swiss army knife. A netbook is (supposedly) *just* the web.
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@gregknicholson I'd also be unable to resist pointing out that I own none of microwave, TV, or printer.
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@josh As it stands, yeah. Netbooks were *supposed* to be appliance-like—imagine a device that boots into a minimalist, full-screen browser.
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@gregknicholson no, no, a netbook is not only the web, its anything on the net! plus text editing and image management to support those
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@josh Damn. I was actually thinking of a fountain pen, not a printer :s
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@gregknicholson My god, you just described my computing-as-passive-activity special Hell.
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@marjoleink Well then @josh has a point: how is it conceptually different from just a rubbish laptop?
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@marjoleink So in your definition, it's just a weak and cheap computer. See, @gregknicholson? ;)
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@gregknicholson in focus - its *not* a general-purpose machine, its a machine for using the net, including cloud computing.
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@josh That's exactly the idea: make using the Web as easy/thoughtless/accessible as TV channel-surfing.
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@gregknicholson I wouldnt dream of using my netbook as a development machine - while I got my MacBook for just that purpose
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@gregknicholson I can't help design that machine, b/c I don't want that. Not to say no one does.
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http://ur1.ca/gaq1 #Litl and #Chrome-OS both did this. Except they call them “webbooks” now.
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