Analyst Opinion - I’m traveling this week and noted that the guy traveling next to me, who owns his own company, is using an Acer netbook. It is his primary travel computer.  He purchased a 12-cell aftermarket battery for it and gets 10 to 12 hours of battery life and, according to him, this is all he needs. Most of the analysts I travel with have noted that the distinction between netbooks and notebooks has largely vanished. 

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CDW, a computer retailer that targets the business, government and education markets, has begun offering 3G netbooks that are subsidized by AT&T. If you agree to a 2-year service plan, you can get an Acer or HP netbook for $199.

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Opinion - It's almost a truism and it's certainly a tradition that chip giant  Intel has tried many times to diversify its business by making non X86 chips, all to little or no avail.

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It had better be good at this price, but HP's new Mini 5101 netbook, launched today, ticks the right boxes.

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Gateway has introduced a high-definition netbook with an 11.6-inch display. The LT3100 - which weighs just 3.14 pounds - features an AMD Athlon 64 L110 processor, a full-size keyboard, multi-gesture touchpad and a ATI Radeon X1270 GPU.

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