Netbooks, by definition, have been around for years now, and while the vast majority have left the 7- to 9-inch realm, hardly any have bothered to show up with a respectable 720p panel. Furthermore, hardly any have deviated from the strictly held hardware line , which generally consists of an Intel Atom N270 / N280 processor, GMA950 graphics, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Windows XP and far too few USB sockets. Oh sure, we’ve seen an Ion-based machine trickle in every now and then, and AMD definitely has our interest piqued with Congo , but we’re honestly exhausted by the torrent of netbooks that just seem to look exactly like one another internally. This week’s question is dead simple: if you had the power to flip the netbook arena upside-down, how would you go about it? Filed under: Laptops How would you change the netbook as we know it? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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How would you change the netbook as we know it?
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