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Feb 28, 2009 | 7:23 am

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Originally Posted by wco81

I'm interested in netbooks too but for ultra-portability.

Have no illusions that you will get the same utility because of the smaller keyboard and screen.

So it would be a good thing to have as a second or their computer.

Apple could make a cool one, with a multi-touch screen which might make it more usable if you don't have to rely on the small keyboard as much.

Netbooks probably killed the value of the MacBook Air.

I have an Air and an Asus. I hardly ever use the Asus. The Air weighs a bit more but has a great 13 inch screen and a pretty good keyboard. I run all the programs I normally do with a Mac including all the ones to hook to my desktops or servers. I also run XP in VMFusion and can run the few windows programs I still use (mainly Outlook).

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