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For $500 I would want a stronger processor. This netbook is trying to be an ultraportable. The price tag says it might be, the CPU says it's not. The point of a netbook is to be more ultraportable than an ultraportable... this one isn't. It might as well skimp on some of the extras (VGA and HDMI port? Ginormous hard drive?), lose a few inches of screen real estate, thereby shrinking the price tag, retaining its "power", making it smaller and giving more battery life

My point is... they're moving away from what netbooks are supposed to be, and moving towards the ultraportable/laptop market.
So, I haven't really been paying attention to the netbook scene recently

But... $500? 12" screen? Win 7 Home Premium? 250 gig HDD? Over 3 pounds?

At what point do we stop calling them "netbooks" and just recognize them for what they are... laptops with weak processors?

Maybe I'm in the minority but if I want a netbook, size is going to be a huge issue... remember when the screens were 9"? And when they didn't cost $500?
MY HAT IS LIKE A SHARK'S FIN!
They should have named it the Glide.
Heck yeah...
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I am trying to configure out a really dumbed down and intuitive PC for my grandmother. She recently had a stroke and while she is under my care I would like to repurpose a laptop for her to surf and email her children. Anyone have any experience with what input devices and UI's are really understandable for the over 80 crowd?"
 

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