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Lots of traction currently out there about the emergence of netbooks as being a low charge option for much more conventional completely featured notebooks. Netbooks are a kind of standard machine, primarily optimized for e mail and net searching. Smaller dimension, lower performance. I don’t recommend that you try to beat Kasparov with one of these. This is how PC World describes the category.
Netbooks (aka mini-notebooks, mini-notes or “laptots”) are perfect travel companions and meet basic computing needs, including e-mailing, Web surfing, and document creation. Best of all, these low-powered machines expense less than the standard-issue laptop. PC World
Lenovo already sells a very successful IdeaPad netbook called the S10. The product runs on the popular Intel Atom processor weighing in at 2.65 pounds and is about an inch thin. The S10 has received lots of very positive reviews since we introduced it. PC World included the S10 in their top 10 netbook list claiming the number 3 position with a nicely designed machine that even comes in several colors. Pink is one of the choices.
What if Lenovo was to make a ThinkPad branded netbook? Would you say, “What a relief, finally a netbook that really means business” ? What would you like to see in such a hypothetical offering? How black and square should we make it? Maybe it should come in colors like the IdeaPad S10. Could I interest you in a PinkPad?
Seriously, designing a netbook is a difficult task that is very different from designing a traditional ThinkPad. These micro marvels just don’t exist without making trade-offs. User experience items like keyboard stroke,
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I would love to get your thoughts on this topic. Thanks.
David Hill
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