Ok, my last article for a while on netbooks!  I found this quote in business week - its a decent article about the trouble netbooks are causing for the computer industry.  Anything that causes trouble for Microsoft makes for interesting reading if you ask me.  I would be really interested in hearing about Microsoft’s reaction to this…

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. PC makers surmised that netbooks would complement bigger PCs. They would appeal to weary business travelers, for example, who wanted to get online and send e-mail from a hotel room. But in many cases, consumers are opting for netbooks in place of laptops, PC manufacturers say.

Full article on Business Week.

Here’s a bit more from thevarguy At $349, Dell’s low-cost Ubuntu Linux system is “giving Microsoft fits,” according to one source familiar with the Microsoft-Dell relationship. “It’s one thing to have Dell ship Linux to consumers,” said the source. “It’s quite another to have Dell advertising Linux to millions of consumers in a Sunday newspaper heading into the holiday season.”

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