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Lets
Call them Netbooks |
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Posted on 10:00
9m PST June 15 2008 |
Since Computex
2008 the term Netbook has emerged as the winning name for
the Asus Eee defined category of small and low-cost
notebooks.
There have been many names for the new
breed of sub-notebooks. My favorite is from Microsoft. They
tried to establish "ULCPC", which is an acronym for
ultra-low-cost PCs.
We also called them mini-notebooks or ultra mobile PCs.
The term Netbook was first used by Intel in February
according to
Wikipedia.
The only confusing term that is still confusing is another
Intel creation: MID (Mobile Internet Device). Technically
Netbooks are MIDs too. Practically I would only call
touch-screen mobile devices that are not smart phones MIDs.
In any case from now on we will call these Asus Eee type
small notebooks Netbooks. |
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