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"Seth" wrote in message news:...

 

> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

 

> news:k9avs5pbum741td6veglhgkrq7gdbiv3f9@4ax.com...

 

>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum wrote:

 

>>

 

>>> But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)

 

>>

 

>> Sure. People use the word "netbook" simply to describe a small,

 

>> light-weight laptop. Other than size and weight, there's really no

 

>> difference between them.

 

>

 

>

 

> Microsoft says there is a difference and has certain criteria to define

 

> it.

 

>

 

> Netbook is certainly not just a "small, lightweight notebook". There are

 

> size, processor and power criteria. A "small, lightweight laptop" is a

 

> specific calls of laptop, still above what a netbook is. IBM X-Series is

 

> small and lightweight but doesn't qualify as a netbook.

 

 

 

(damnit. I'll never get used to saying Lenovo instead of IBM)

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