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Old Jan 16, 2008 | 8:13 am
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Originally Posted by CrazyOne
The one obvious thing missing to me is mobile broadband, but I could see how they're waiting on WiMax or something. Doesn't someone offer a USB key mobile broadband card?
Yes, there are USB EVDO adapters (and even WiMax).

But then you are kind of defeating the purpose of a thin machine. On a trip you'll need the USB Ethernet adapter, a VGA dongle, a USB mobile broadband card, the USB superdrive, possibly a USB card reader and a USB hub. If you go with something 0.06" thicker you get a machine with all of that built in AND an optical drive AND all the ports you need.

It's a REAL trade off, and I'm convinced there is a market for it, but I'm not sure the market consists of that many roadwarriors.
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