Okay, I understand that people want cheap computers, but are we doing the right thing with Netbooks? I certainly don't like the idea, because Smartphones just make so much more sense to me. So the difference between a Smartphone and a Netbook is the screen and keyboard size. So here's the solution that I propose... Let's take a device like the HTC Magic, and create a docking station, which has ports for a monitor and keyboard/mouse. So now you've got this super efficient device with a scaled up user interface.
Frankly, I don't think that a full sized Notebook is too expensive or energy exhaustive to justify Netbooks. The biggest power sucker on a Notebook is the HDD, which when replace with an SSD makes all the difference.
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