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Wednesday, August 06, 2003
  
Why can't computer manufacturers come up with a small (around 2 lbs.) portable with a decent screen (around 13 inches), with plenty of USB ports and a CD drive, for a reasonable price. To keep the price high they add on cameras, DVD writers, etc. Isn't there a market for a basic computer that doesn't weigh a lot but has a real operating system as opposed to Palm OS or Windows CE (Pocket PC, Mobile, etc.)? It shouldn't take several minutes to load the OS like Windows XP or 2000 either.

At one point I thought the OQO or Tiqit would be the solution, but they are vaporware at this point, and they will cost too much at around $2000+. The Tablet PC is close.


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