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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 06 > Made for the Web — and the wallet

Made for the Web — and the wallet

Netbooks are lightweight and cost little. But they have their limits — many of them, in fact — and not everyone’s buying.

By Steve Alexander / The Bulletin
October 6, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Deutsch, a tech-savvy Minneapolis real estate agent, loves the mini-size netbook computer, but Shane O’Gorman, his counterpart in Eau Claire, Wis., doesn’t.

What’s a netbook? It’s an ultra-small, no-frills laptop for people on....

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