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Seth
Flightless Bird
"Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:...
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:k9avs5pbum741td6veglhgkrq7gdbiv3f9@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum <me@domain.net> 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)
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:k9avs5pbum741td6veglhgkrq7gdbiv3f9@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum <me@domain.net> 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)